Liptó County
Liptó vármegye (Hungarian)
Comitatus Liptoviensis (Latin)
Komitat Liptau (German)
Liptovská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
15th century–1920
Coat of arms of Liptó
Coat of arms

CapitalLiptószentmiklós
Area
 • Coordinates49°5′N 19°37′E / 49.083°N 19.617°E / 49.083; 19.617
 
• 1910
2,246 km2 (867 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
86900
History 
• Established
15th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofSlovakia
Liptovský Mikuláš is the current name of the capital.

Liptó County (Hungarian: Liptó vármegye, Latin: Comitatus Liptoviensis, Slovak: Liptovská župa, German: Komitat Liptau, Polish: Komitat Liptów) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia.

Geography

Map of Liptó county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)
Map of Liptó, 1891.
Former county of Liptó superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia.

Liptó county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Árva, Turóc, Zólyom, Gömör-Kishont and Szepes. The county's territory was situated along the upper Vág (present-day 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

The capitals of the county were the Liptó Castle, later Németlipcse (present-day Partizánska Ľupča), and since 1677 the capital was Liptószentmiklós (present-day Liptovský Mikuláš).

History

Liptó county as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th century. At various points throughout history the county was ruled by Voivodes or Counts from the Rosenberg, Csák and Benyovszky families. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.

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]
CensusTotalSlovakHungarianGermanOther or unknown
1880[1] 74,75867,554 (93.67%)1,438 (1.99%)2,775 (3.85%)353 (0.49%)
1890[2] 76,85072,067 (93.78%)1,771 (2.30%)2,568 (3.34%)444 (0.58%)
1900[3] 82,15975,938 (92.43%)2,708 (3.30%)2,475 (3.01%)1,038 (1.26%)
1910[4] 86,90678,098 (89.86%)4,365 (5.02%)2,591 (2.98%)1,852 (2.13%)
Population by religion[lower-alpha 2]
CensusTotalRoman CatholicLutheranJewishOther or unknown
1880 74,75838,601 (51.63%)32,735 (43.79%)3,349 (4.48%)73 (0.10%)
1890 76,85040,149 (52.24%)33,408 (43.47%)3,137 (4.08%)156 (0.20%)
1900 82,15943,979 (53.53%)34,953 (42.54%)3,092 (3.76%)135 (0.16%)
1910 86,90647,772 (54.97%)35,169 (40.47%)3,237 (3.72%)728 (0.84%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Liptó County were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
  LiptószentmiklósLiptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš)
  LiptóújvárLiptóújvár (now Liptovský Hrádok)
  NémetlipcseNémetlipcse (now Partizánska Ľupča)
  RózsahegyRózsahegy (now Ružomberok)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok)

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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