COATS OF ARMS

OF THE

64 COUNTIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY, 1876

Excerpt from the book :

A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRIA - HUNGARY AND POLAND,

by H. Wickham Steed, Walter Alison Phillips, and David Hannay,

LONDON, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA COMPANY, LTD. 1914,

"... Administrative Divisions. - Since 1867 the administrative and political divisions of the landlonging to the Hungarian crown have been in great measure remodelled. In 1868 Transylvania was definitely reunited to Hungary proper, and the town and district of Fiume declared autonomous. In 1873 part of the "Military Frontier" was united with Hungary proper and part with Croatia-Slavonia. Hungary proper, according to ancient usage, was generally divided into four great divisions or circles, and Transylvania up to 1876 was regarded as the fifth. In 1876 a general system of counties was introduced. According to this division Hungary proper is divided into seven circles, of which Transylvania forms one.

(a) The circle on the left bank of the Danube (Duna) contains eleven counties:

1. Árva

2. Bars

3. Esztergom

4. Hont

5. Liptó

6. Nógrád

7. Nyitra

8. Pozsony (Pressburg)

9. Trencsén

10. Túrócz

11. Zólyom

(b) The circle on the right bank of the Danube contains eleven counties:

12. Baranya

13. Fejér

14. Győr

15. Komárom

16. Moson

17. Somogy

18. Sopron

19. Tolna

20. Vas

21. Veszprém

22. Zala

(c) The circle between the Danube and Theiss (Tisza) contains five counties:

23. Bács-Bodrog

24. Csongrád

25. Heves

26. Jász-Nagy-Kun-Szolnok

27. Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun

(d) The circle on the right bank of the Theiss contains eight counties:

28. Abaúj-Torna

29. Bereg

30. Borsod

31. Gömör-és-Kis-Hont

32. Sáros

33. Szepes

34. Ung

35. Zemplén

(e) The circle on the left bank of the Theiss contains eight counties:

36. Békés

37. Bihar

38. Hajdú

39. Máramaros

40. Szabolcs

41. Szatmár

42. Szilágy

43. Ugocsa

(f) The circle between the Theiss and the Maros contains five counties:

44. Arad

45. Csanád

46. Krassó-Szörény

47. Temes

48. Torontál

(g) Transylvania contains fifteen counties:

49. Alsó-Fehér

50. Besztercze-Naszód

51. Brassó

52. Csík

53. Fogaras

54. Háromszék

55. Hunyad

56. Kis-Küküllő

57. Kolozs

58. Maros-Torda

59. Nagy-Küküllő

60. Szeben

61. Szolnok-Doboka

62. Torda-Aranyos

63. Udvarhely

Fiume town and district forms a separate division.

Croatia-Slavonia is divided into eight counties:

 

• Belovár-Kőrös
• Lika-Krbava

  64. Modrus-Fiume

   

• Pozsega

   

• Szerém

   

• Varasd

   

• Verőcze

   

• Zágráb

Besides these sixty-three rural counties for Hungary, and eight for Croatia-Slavonia Hungary has twenty-six urban counties or towns with municipal rights.
These are: Arad, Baja, Debreczen, Győr, Hódmező-Vásárhely, Kassa, Kecskemét, Kolozsvár, Komárom, Maros-Vásárhely, Nagyvárad, Pancsova, Pécs, Pozsony, Selmeczbánya, Bélabánya, Sopron Szabadka, Szatmár-Németi, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Temesvár, Újvidék, Versecz, Zombor, the town of Fiume, and Budapest, the capital of the country.

In Croatia-Slavonia there are four urban counties or towns with municipal rights namely: Eszék, Varasd, Zágráb and Zimony...."

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