Tolna County (former)

Tolna County Tolna Vármegye
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920
Coat of arms
Capital		Szekszárd 46°21′N 18°42′E / 46.350°N 18.700°ECoordinates: 46°21′N 18°42′E / 46.350°N 18.700°E
History
•	Established	11th century
•	Treaty of Trianon	June 4, 1920
Area
•	1910	3,537 km^2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	267,300
	Density	75.6 /km^2  (195.7 /sq mi)
Today part of		Hungary

Tolna (Latin: Comitatus Tolnensis) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

Geography

Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.

History

Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 253,182 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 172,967 (68.3%)
• German: 77,293 (30.5%)
• Serbian: 1,011 (0.4%)
• Slovak: 735 (0.3%)
• Croatian: 369 (0.2%)
• Romanian: 1 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 806 (0.3%)

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

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 172,151 (68.0%)
• Calvinist: 39,141 (15.5%)
• Lutheran: 31,836 (12.6%)
• Jewish: 8,427 (3.3%)
• Greek Orthodox: 1,108 (0.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 123 (0.0%)
• Unitarian: 19 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 377 (0.2%)

1910

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

In 1910, the county had a population of 267,267 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Hungarian: 189,521 (70.9%)
• German: 74,376 (27.9%)
• Serbian: 1,102 (0.4%)
• Slovak: 789 (0.3%)
• Croatian: 343 (0.1%)
• Romanian: 39 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,085 (0.4%)

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

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 185,863 (69.5%)
• Calvinist: 39,500 (14.8%)
• Lutheran: 31,976 (12.0%)
• Jewish: 8,159 (3.1%)
• Greek Orthodox: 1,167 (0.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 209 (0.1%)
• Unitarian: 20 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 355 (0.1%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Tolna county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Dombóvár	Dombóvár
Dunaföldvár	Paks
Központ	Szekszárd
Simontornya	Gyönk
Tamási	Tamási
Völgység	Bonyhád
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szekszárd

See also

• Székelys of Bukovina

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.