Pozsony County
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Pozsony county was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly part of Slovakia, while a small area belongs to Hungary. In 1969, the three villages that remained in Hungary were combined to form Dunasziget.
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Pozsony County | |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary (c. 1000-1923) | |
Capital | Pozsony |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 48°9′N 17°7′E |
• 1910 | 4,370 km2 (1,690 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1910 | 389,750 |
History | |
• Established | c. 1000 |
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 |
• Merged into Győr-Moson-Pozsony County | 1923 |
Today part of | Slovakia (4,323 km2) Hungary (47 km2) |
Bratislava is the current name of the capital. |
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Its name changed along with that of the city of Pressburg (Hungarian: Pozsony, today's Bratislava). Its names around 1900 were Pozsony vármegye in Hungarian, Prešpurská župa in Slovak and Preßburger Gespanschaft in German.