Heves County
Comitatus Hevesiensis (Latin)
Heves vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Hewesch (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(13th century–1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526–1540)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1540–1596)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1687–1765, 1850–1860, 1876–1946)
Coat of arms of Heves
Coat of arms

CapitalEger
Area
 • Coordinates47°54′N 20°22′E / 47.900°N 20.367°E / 47.900; 20.367
 
• 1910
3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
279,700
History 
• Established
13th century
• Ottoman conquest
1596
• County recreated
1687
• Merged to Heves-Külső-Szolnok County
1765
• County recreated
13 September 1850
• Traditional counties (incl. Heves-Külső-Szolnok) restored
October 1860
• County recreated
1876
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary

Heves was an administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.

Geography

Heves county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Nógrád, Gömör-Kishont, Borsod, Hajdú and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. It stretched from the Mátra and Bükk mountains to and across the river Tisza. Its area was 3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi) around 1910.

History

Heves county was formed in the 13th century. The territory of Heves was conquered by the Ottomans in 1596 (see Ottoman Hungary) and formed part of the Ottoman Eğri Eyalet until it was retaken by the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary in 1687.

In 1765 it was merged with Külső-Szolnok County; due to the occupation the latter could not maintain its administration (the justice system had already been merged in 1569).

Following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 a period of military dictatorship and centralisation began in Hungary. Heves-Külső-Szolnok was re-partitioned on 13 September 1850 into Heves and Szolnok counties.[1] The border between Heves and Szolnok mostly followed the Tisza river. As of 1853 Heves comprised the Land- and Stadtbezirke of Erlau (Eger) and the Stuhlbezirke of Pétervásár, Heves, and Gyöngyös.[2]: I§3  Both counties formed part of the District of Pest-Ofen during this period. The traditional counties of Hungry, including Heves-Külső-Szolnok, were restored in October 1860.

Heves County was recreated again in the newly arranged Hungarian county system of 1876. Its territory after 1876 was broadly similar to its 1850s iteration but with the addition of Tisza-Füred south of the Tisza.

After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the region around Pásztó became part of Nógrád county, the area on the left bank of the Tisza (Tiszafüred) became part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, and an area north of Eger was transferred from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
Population by mother tongue[lower-alpha 1]
CensusTotalHungarianOther or unknown
1880[3] 208,420196,724 (98.40%)3,193 (1.60%)
1890[4] 233,785230,450 (98.57%)3,335 (1.43%)
1900[5] 255,345252,840 (99.02%)2,505 (0.98%)
1910[6] 279,700277,378 (99.17%)2,322 (0.83%)
Population by religion[lower-alpha 2]
CensusTotalRoman CatholicCalvinistJewishOther or unknown
1880 208,420179,690 (86.22%)16,654 (7.99%)10,916 (5.24%)1,160 (0.56%)
1890 233,785203,963 (87.24%)17,798 (7.61%)10,873 (4.65%)1,151 (0.49%)
1900 255,345225,113 (88.16%)18,628 (7.30%)10,320 (4.04%)1,284 (0.50%)
1910 279,700248,778 (88.94%)18,929 (6.77%)10,244 (3.66%)1,749 (0.63%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Heves county were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
EgerEger
GyöngyösGyöngyös
HatvanHatvan
HevesHeves
PétervásáraPétervására
TiszafüredTiszafüred
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Eger
Gyöngyös

Notes

  1. ↑ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ↑ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

  1. ↑ "Verordnung des Ministeriums des Inneren vom 13. September 1850 wodurch in Gemäßheit der Allerhöchsten Entschließung vom 8. September 1850 nachstehende Bestimmungen über die Einrichtung der politischen Verwaltungsbehörden im Königreiche Ungarn erlassen und zur allgemeinen Kenntniß gebracht werden". ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online (in German). 1850-09-17. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Verordnung der Ministerien des Inneren, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 6. April 1854 betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Oraganisierung des Königreichs Ungarn". ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online (in German). 1854-04-06. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  4. ↑ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  5. ↑ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  6. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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