Liptó County
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Liptó (Slovak: Liptov, Hungarian: Liptó, German: Liptau, Polish: Liptów, Latin: Liptovium) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia.
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Geography [edit]
Liptó county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Árva (Orava), Turóc (Turiec), Zólyom (Zvolen), Gömör-Kishont (Gemer-Malohont) and Szepes (Spiš). The county's territory was situated along the upper Váh river between the High Tatras and the Low Tatras. Its area was 2,247 km² around 1910.
Today, the territory of the former Liptó county largely corresponds to the Ružomberok District and Liptovský Mikuláš District in northern Slovakia. Three villages (Liptovská Teplička, Štrba and Štrbské Pleso) are now in the Poprad District.
Capitals [edit]
The capitals of the county were the Liptó Castle and the villages of Liptovská Mara and Nemecká Ľupča (Partizánska Ľupča), and since 1677 the capital was Liptovský Mikuláš.
History [edit]
Liptó county as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th century. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
Demographics [edit]
1900 [edit]
In 1900, the county had a population of 82,159 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Slovak: 75,938 (92.5%)
- Hungarian: 2,708 (3.3%)
- German: 2,475 (3.0%)
- Croatian: 6 (0.0%)
- Romanian: 3 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 2 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 2 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,025 (1.2%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 43,979 (53.5%)
- Jewish: 3,092 (3.8%)
- Calvinist: 71 (0.1%)
- Lutheran: 34,953 (42.5%)
- Greek Catholic: 49 (0.1%)
- Unitarian: 4 (0.0%)
- Greek Orthodox: 3 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 8 (0.0%)
1910 [edit]
In 1910, the county had a population of 86,906 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Slovak: 78,098 (89.9%)
- Hungarian: 4,365 (5.0%)
- German: 2,591 (3.0%)
- Romanian: 222 (0.3%)
- Ruthenian: 25 (0.0%)
- Croatian: 11 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 1 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,593 (1.8%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 47,772 (55.0%)
- Lutheran: 35,169 (40.5%)
- Jewish: 3,237 (3.7%)
- Calvinist: 289 (0.3%)
- Greek Catholic: 284 (0.3%)
- Greek Orthodox: 11 (0.0%)
- Unitarian: 3 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 141 (0.2%)
Subdivisions [edit]
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Liptó county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Liptószentmiklós | Liptószentmiklós, SK Liptovský Mikuláš |
| Liptóújvár | Liptóújvár, SK Liptovský Hrádok |
| Németlipcse | Németlipcse, SK Nemecká Ľupča (currently Partizánska Ľupča) |
| Rózsahegy | Rózsahegy, SK Ružomberok |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Rózsahegy, SK Ružomberok | |
References [edit]
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
