Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1946
Coat of arms
Capital		Budapest 47°30′N 19°2′E / 47.500°N 19.033°ECoordinates: 47°30′N 19°2′E / 47.500°N 19.033°E
History
•	Established	1876
•	Disestablished	1946
Area
•	1910	12,228 km^2 (4,721 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	1,978,041
	Density	161.8 /km^2  (419 /sq mi)
Today part of		Hungary

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Hungary, comprising the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest and the northern part of present Bács-Kiskun county. The capital of the county was Budapest.

Geography

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county shared borders with the counties Komárom, Esztergom, Hont, Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád, Bács-Bodrog, Tolna and Fejér. Its territory covered the eastern bank of the river Danube from Visegrád in the north to (excluding) Baja in the south, stretching to the river Tisza in the east. A part of the county (Pilis) was on the west bank of the Danube, near Budapest. Its area was 12,228 km² around 1910.

History

The counties Pest and Pilis were formed in the 11th century. Pest was the area on the left (east) bank of the Danube around present-day Budapest, Pilis was on the opposite bank. They were united and became the political, cultural and economical centre of Hungary. The Solt region (the left bank of the Danube south of Ráckeve), which previously belonged to Fejér county, was incorporated in Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century. Kiskunság (Little Cumania) was added in 1876, creating Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

After World War II the county was split in two roughly equal parts. The northern part became Pest county, the southern part merged with Bács-Bodrog county to form Bács-Kiskun county.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 1,615,729 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 1,317,237 (81,5%)
• German: 201,285 (12,4%)
• Slovak: 58,533 (3,6%)
• Serbian: 6,199 (0,4%)
• Croatian: 2,372 (0,2%)
• Romanian: 1,664 (0,1%)
• Ruthenian: 234 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 28,205 (1,8%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 1,046,868 (64,8%)
• Calvinist: 252,188 (15,6%)
• Jewish: 201,117 (12,5%)
• Lutheran: 96,863 (6,0%)
• Greek Orthodox: 8,563 (0,5%)
• Greek Catholic: 6,949 (0,4%)
• Unitarian: 1,219 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,962(0,1%)

1910

Ethnographic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see key in the description).

In 1910, the county had a population of 1,978,041 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

• Hungarian: 1,728,473 (87,4%)
• German: 162,824 (8,2%)
• Slovak: 47,149 (2,4%)
• Serbian: 7,934 (0,4%)
• Croatian: 3,419 (0,2%)
• Romanian: 3,357 (0,2%)
• Ruthenian: 306 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 24,579 (1,2%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[4]

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 1,293,265 (65,4%)
• Calvinist: 296,223 (15,0%)
• Jewish: 245,157 (12,4%)
• Lutheran: 113,094 (5,7%)
• Greek Catholic: 12,169 (0,6%)
• Greek Orthodox: 12,001 (0,6%)
• Unitarian: 2,526 (0,1%)
• Other or unknown: 3,606 (0,2%)

Subdivisions

Before approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were (felső is upper, közép is middle, alsó is lower):

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Kecskemét alsó	Tápiószele
Kecskemét felső	Nagykáta
Kiskun alsó	Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskun felső	Kunszentmiklós
Pest alsó	Ráckeve
Pest felső	Irsa
Pest közép	Alsódabas
Pilis alsó	Tinnye
Pilis felső	Pomáz
Solt alsó	Kiskőrös
Solt felső	Dömsöd
Solt közép	Kalocsa
Vác alsó	Pécel
Vác felső	Vác
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Budapest (főváros)
Kecskemét
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Cegléd
Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskunhalas
Nagykőrös
Szentendre
Vác

After approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Abony	Abony
Alsódabas	Alsódabas
Aszód	Aszód
Bia	Bia
Dunavecse	Dunavecse
Gödöllő	Gödöllő
Kalocsa	Kalocsa
Kiskőrös	Kiskőrös
Kiskunfélegyháza	Kiskunfélegyháza
Kispest	Kispest
Kunszentmiklós	Kunszentmiklós
Monor	Monor
Nagykáta	Nagykáta
Ráckeve	Ráckeve
Pomáz	Pomáz
Vác	Vác
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Budapest (főváros)
Kecskemét
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Cegléd
Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskunhalas
Nagykőrös
Szentendre
Vác

Aerial photography: Abony

Aerial photography: Aszód- palace

Pomáz - Palace from above

References

1. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
2. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
3. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.