Heves County (former)
{{Short description|Administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name = {{line-height|1.1em|{{native name|la|Comitatus Hevesiensis}}
{{native name|hu|Heves vármegye}}
{{native name|de|Komitat Hewesch}} }}
|conventional_long_name = Heves County
|common_name = Heves
|subdivision = County
|nation = 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)
|p1 =
|year_start = 13th century
|event1 = Ottoman conquest
|date_event1 = 1596
|event2 = County recreated
|date_event2 = 1687
|event3 = Merged to Heves-Külső-Szolnok County
|date_event3 = 1765
|event4 = County recreated
|date_event4 = 13 September 1850
|event5 = Traditional counties (incl. Heves-Külső-Szolnok) restored
|date_event5 = October 1860
|event6 = County recreated
|date_event6 = 1876
|event7 = Monarchy abolished
|date_event7 = 1 February 1946
|event_end =
|year_end =
|date_end =
|image_coat = Coa_Hungary_County_Heves_(history).svg
|image_map = Heves vármegye Magyarországon.svg
|capital = Eger
|coordinates = {{Coord|47|54|N|20|22|E|display=inline,title}}
|stat_area1 = 3761
|stat_pop1 = 279,700
|stat_year1 = 1910
|today = Hungary
|category =
}}
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 {{convert|3761|km2|abbr=on}} 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 {{ill|Heves-Külső-Szolnok County|hu|Heves és Külső-Szolnok vármegye|lt=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.{{cite web|url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=rgb&datum=1850&page=1691&size=45|title=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.|lang=de|date=1850-09-17|accessdate=2022-08-19|website=ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online}} The border between Heves and Szolnok mostly followed the Tisza river. As of 1853 Heves comprised the {{lang|de|Land-}} and {{lang|de|Stadtbezirke}} of Erlau (Eger) and the {{lang|de|Stuhlbezirke}} of Pétervásár, Heves, and Gyöngyös.{{cite web|url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=rgb&datum=1854&page=445&size=45|title=Verordnung der Ministerien des Inneren, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 6. April 1854 betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Oraganisierung des Königreichs Ungarn.|lang=de|date=1854-04-06|accessdate=2022-08-17|website=ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online}}{{rp|I§3}} Both counties formed part of the District of Pest-Ofen during this period. The traditional counties of Hungary, 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
| class="wikitable"
|+ Population by religion{{efn|Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.}} ! Census !! Total !! Roman Catholic !! Calvinist !! Jewish !! Other or unknown |
| 1880
| 208,420 || 179,690 (86.22%) || 16,654 (7.99%) || 10,916 (5.24%) || 1,160 (0.56%) |
|---|
| 1890
| 233,785 || 203,963 (87.24%) || 17,798 (7.61%) || 10,873 (4.65%) || 1,151 (0.49%) |
| 1900
| 255,345 || 225,113 (88.16%) || 18,628 (7.30%) || 10,320 (4.04%) || 1,284 (0.50%) |
| 1910
| 279,700 || 248,778 (88.94%) || 18,929 (6.77%) || 10,244 (3.66%) || 1,749 (0.63%) |
Subdivisions
File:Heves county administrative map.jpg
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Heves county were:
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Districts (járás) | |
| District | Capital |
|---|---|
| Eger | Eger |
| Gyöngyös | Gyöngyös |
| Hatvan | Hatvan |
| Heves | Heves |
| Pétervására | Pétervására |
| Tiszafüred | Tiszafüred |
| colspan=2|Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| colspan=2|Eger | |
| colspan=2|Gyöngyös |
Notes
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References
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Category:States and territories established in 1687
Category:States and territories established in 1876
Category:1596 disestablishments
Category:1765 disestablishments in Europe