Sopron County

Sopron (German: Ödenburg) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Austria and northwestern Hungary. The capital of the county was Sopron.

Geography 
Sopron county shared borders with the Austrian land Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties Moson, Győr, Veszprém and Vas. The Lake Neusiedl (Hungarian: Fertő tó, German: Neusiedler See) lay in the county. Its area was 3,241 km² around 1910.

History 
The Sopron comitatus arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the western part of the county became part of the Austrian state of Burgenland, while the eastern part became a part of Hungary. In 1921, it was decided by referendum that the city of Sopron would join Hungary instead of Austria.

After World War II, Sopron county merged with Győr-Moson-Pozsony to form Győr-Sopron county. This county was renamed to Győr-Moson-Sopron county in the early 1990s. A small part of Sopron county went to Vas county.

Demographics

1900
In 1900, the county had a population of 279,796 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

 Hungarian: 136,616 (48.8%)
 German: 109,369 (39.1%)
 Croatian: 31,317 (11.2%)
 Slovak: 505 (0.2%)
 Romanian: 22 (0.0%)
 Serbian: 12 (0.0%)
 Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
 Other or unknown: 1,951 (0.7%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

 Roman Catholic: 235,390 (84.1%)
 Lutheran: 33,924 (12.1%)
 Jewish: 9,736 (3,5)
 Calvinist: 641 (0.2%)
 Greek Catholic: 53 (0.0%)
 Greek Orthodox: 26 (0.0%)
 Unitarian: 15 (0.0%)
 Other or unknown: 11 (0.0%)

1910

In 1910, the county had a population of 283,510 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

 Hungarian: 141,011 (49.7%)
 German: 109,160 (38.5%)
 Croatian: 31,004 (10.9%)
 Slovak: 397 (0.1%)
 Romanian: 33 (0.0%)
 Serbian: 15 (0.0%)
 Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
 Other or unknown: 1,886 (0.7%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

 Roman Catholic: 239,578 (84.5%)
 Lutheran: 34,820 (12.3%)
 Jewish: 8,192 (2,9)
 Calvinist: 743 (0.3%)
 Greek Catholic: 93 (0.0%)
 Greek Orthodox: 50 (0.0%)
 Unitarian: 27 (0.0%)
 Other or unknown: 7 (0.0%)

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

Eisenstadt, Mattersburg, Rust and Oberpullendorf are now in Austria.

References

Category:1920 disestablishments
Category:Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary
Category:States and territories established in the 12th century
Category:Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Category:Sopron
Category:Eisenstadt-Umgebung District
Category:Eisenstadt
Category:Mattersburg District
Category:Oberpullendorf District
Category:Vas County