Nyitra county

::"For the region in Slovakia see Nitra region."Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Comitatus Nitriensis
conventional_long_name = Nyitra County
common_name = Nyitra
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
flag_s1 =
year_start = 10th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4




capital = Nyitra
stat_area1 = 5519
stat_pop1 = 457500
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Slovakia
footnotes =

Nyitra county ( in Slovak: "Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa", in Latin: "comitatus Nitriensis", in Hungarian "Nyitr(i)a (vár)megye", in German "Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra") is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Slovakia.

Geography

Nyitra county shared borders with the Austrian land Moravia and the Hungarian counties Trencsén (Trenčín), Turóc (Turiec), Bars (Tekov), Komárom and Pozsony (current Bratislava). In its final phase, it was a strip of land between the Morava river in the north and the town of Érsekújvár" (Nové Zámky) in the south, plus an outlier around the town of Privigye (Prievidza). The river Váh (Vág) flowed through the county. Its area was 5519 km² around 1910.

Capitals

The capital of the county was the Nitra Castle and since the Late Middle Ages the town of Nyitra (Nitra).

History

A kind of predecessor of the Nyitra county existed as early as in the 9th century at the time of Great Moravia. Around 1000, the Nyitra county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.

In the aftermath of World War I, Nyitra county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. Nitra county ("Nitrianska župa") continued to exist till 1927, but it had completely different powers etc. and somewhat modified borders.

Following the provisions of the controversial First Vienna Award, the southern part of the area came under Hungarian control in November 1938. The Trianon borders were restored after World War II. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was split and Nitra became part of Slovakia.

Demographics

Population by language (1910 census):
*Slovak = 324,664
*Hungarian = 100,324
*German = 27,937

ubdivisions

The subdivisions of Nyitra county were: