Krassó-Szörény County

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; 21.900Coordinates: 45°41′N 21°54′E / 45.683°N 21.900°E / 45.683; 21.900
• 1910	11,074 km2 (4,276 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	466147
History
• Established	1881
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Today part of	Romania  Serbia
Lugoj is the current name of the capital

Kraso County in the 14th century

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 small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day Lugoj).

Geography[]

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

History[]

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties Krassó and Szörény.

In 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part 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 Timiș, except 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 the city Orșova, which is in Mehedinți County.

Demographics[]

Krassó-Szörény County, c. 1910

In 1900, the county had a population of 443,001 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[2]

Total:

• Romanian: 328,371 (74.1%)
• German: 55,256 (12.5%)
• Hungarian: 21,439 (4.8%)
• Serbian: 13,138 (3.0%)
• Slovak: 3,831 (0.9%)
• Ruthenian: 803 (0.2%)
• Croatian: 279 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 19,884 (4.5%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[3]

Total:

• Eastern Orthodox: 325,613 (73.5%)
• Roman Catholic: 84,748 (19.1%)
• Greek Catholic: 18,262 (4.1%)
• Calvinist: 7,792 (1.8%)
• Jewish: 4,375 (1.0%)
• Lutheran: 2,043 (0.5%)
• Unitarian: 59 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 109 (0.0%)

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 466,147 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[4]

Total:

• Romanian: 336,082 (72.1%)
• German: 55,883 (12.0%)
• Hungarian: 33,787 (7.3%)
• Serbian: 14,674 (3.1%)
• Slovak: 2,908 (0.6%)
• Ruthenian: 2,351 (0.5%)
• Croatian: 319 (0.1%)
• Other or unknown: 20,143 (4.3%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[5]

Total:

• Eastern Orthodox: 337,153 (72.4%)
• Roman Catholic: 90,479 (19.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 20,006 (4.3%)
• Calvinist: 10,400 (2.2%)
• Lutheran: 2,875 (0.6%)
• Jewish: 4,795 (1.0%)
• Unitarian: 142 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 297 (0.1%)

Subdivisions[]

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

References[]

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