Krassó-Szörény County

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Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Romanian: Caraș-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary.^[1] Its territory is now mostly located in south-western Romania, with one very small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day Lugoj).

Krassó-Szörény County Comitatus Krassovinis et Severinensis (Latin) Krassó-Szörény vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Karasch-Severin (German) Comitatul Caraș-Severin (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1881–1920
Coat of arms
Capital	Lugos
Area
• Coordinates	45°41′N 21°54′E / 45.683°N 21.900°E / 45.683; 21.900
• 1910	11,074 km^2 (4,276 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	466,147
History
• Established	1881
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Today part of	Romania Serbia
Lugoj is the current name of the capital

Geography

 

Map of Krassó-Szörény, 1891.

Krassó-Szörény County was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties of Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river Danube formed its southern border, and the river Mureș its northern border. The rivers Bega, Timiș, Bârzava, Caraș, Nera and Cerna flowed through the county. Its area was 11,032 km² (4,259 sq mi) around 1910.

History

 

Krassó in the 14th century.

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties of Krassó (its center was Lugos/Lugoj) and Szörény (its center was Karánsebes/Caransebeș). Previously, Krassó County had been re-established in 1779, with significantly different borders than in medieval times, while Szörény County had only been established in 1873 (it was the shortest-lived county in the modern Kingdom of Hungary), mostly on the territory of the former Vlach Regiment of the Banat Military Frontier.

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part (villages of Banatska Subotica and Dobričevo) which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the Romanian county of Timiș, except for a 10 km (6.2 mi) wide strip along the Mureș River, which is in Arad County. The rest now forms Caraș-Severin County, except for the city Orșova, which is in Mehedinți County.

Demographics

 

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

Population by mother tongue^[a]

Census	Total	Romanian	German	Hungarian	Serbian	Slovak	Croatian	Other or unknown
1880^[2]	381,304	289,849 (78.35%)	37,833 (10.23%)	7,201 (1.95%)	18,686 (5.05%)^[b]	6,247 (1.69%)	–	10,117 (2.73%)
1890^[3]	407,635	311,335 (76.38%)	48,058 (11.79%)	10,879 (2.67%)	11,862 (2.91%)	5,723 (1.40%)	5,018 (1.23%)	14,760 (3.62%)
1900^[4]	443,001	328,371 (74.12%)	55,256 (12.47%)	21,439 (4.84%)	13,138 (2.97%)	3,831 (0.86%)	279 (0.06%)	20,687 (4.67%)
1910^[5]	466,147	336,082 (72.10%)	55,883 (11.99%)	33,787 (7.25%)	14,674 (3.15%)	2,908 (0.62%)	319 (0.07%)	22,494 (4.83%)

Population by religion^[c]

Census	Total	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholic	Greek Catholic	Calvinist	Jewish	Other or unknown
1880	381,304	295,820 (77.58%)	62,080 (16.28%)	16,590 (4.35%)	1,619 (0.42%)	3,243 (0.85%)	1,952 (0.51%)
1890	407,635	306,023 (75.07%)	73,817 (18.11%)	18,949 (4.65%)	3,053 (0.75%)	3,713 (0.91%)	2,080 (0.51%)
1900	443,001	325,613 (73.50%)	84,748 (19.13%)	18,262 (4.12%)	7,792 (1.76%)	4,375 (0.99%)	2,211 (0.50%)
1910	466,147	337,153 (72.33%)	90,479 (19.41%)	20,006 (4.29%)	10,400 (2.23%)	4,795 (1.03%)	3,314 (0.71%)

Subdivisions

 

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Béga	Bálinc (now Balinț)
Boksanbánya	Boksanbánya (now Bocșa Montană)
Bozovics	Bozovics (now Bozovici)
Facsád	Facsád (now Făget)
Jám	Jám (now Iam)
Karánsebes	Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
Lugos	Lugos (now Lugoj)
Maros	Marosberkes (now Birchiș)
Oravicabánya	Oravicabánya (now Oravița)
Orsova	Orsova (now Orșova)
Resicabánya	Resicabánya (now Reșița)
Temes	Szákul (now Sacu)
Teregova	Teregova (now Teregova)
Újmoldova	Újmoldova (now Moldova Nouă)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
Lugos (now Lugoj)

Notes

1. Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
2. Serbian and Croatian.
3. Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

1. Zoltán Gál, The banking functions of the Hungarian urban network in the early 20th century, Centre for Regional Studies, 2006, table 6 [1]
2. "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
3. "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
4. "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

 

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