Hont 349048 223621208 2008-07-04T22:47:05Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{otheruses}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |native_name = Comitatus Honthum |conventional_long_name = Hont County |common_name = Hont |subdivision = [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|County]] |nation = the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] |p1 = |s1 = Czechoslovakia |flag_s1 = Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg |year_start = 15th century |event_end = Treaty of Trianon |year_end = 1920 |date_end = June 4 |image_coat = Hont coatofarms.jpg |image_map = hont.png |capital = Ipolyság |stat_area1 = 2633 |stat_pop1 = 132500 |stat_year1 = 1910 |today = [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]] |footnotes = [[Šahy]] is the current name of the capital. }} [[Image:Hont county map.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Map of the Hont county]] '''Hont''' (-[[Slovak language|Slovak]] and [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] and [[German language|German]], in [[Latin]]: ''Honthum'', in Hungarian also: ''Honth'') is the name of a historic administrative county ([[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]]) of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and then shortly of [[Czechoslovakia]]. Its territory is presently in southern [[Slovakia]] (3/4) and northern [[Hungary]] (1/4). Today, in Slovakia Hont is the informal designation of the corresponding territory. ===Geography=== Hont county shared borders with the counties [[Bars county|Bars]] (Tekov), [[Zólyom county|Zólyom]] (Zvolen), [[Nógrád (former county)|Nógrád]] (Novohrad), [[Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun]] and [[Esztergom county|Esztergom]]. It was situated between [[Banská Štiavnica]] and the [[Danube]] river, but the territory around the town of [[Krupina]] was added only at the end of the 19th century. The rivers [[Krupinica]] and [[Ipeľ]] were the central rivers that flowed through the county. Its area was 2633 km² around 1910. ===Capitals=== The capitals of the county were the [[Hont (village)|Hont Castle]] together with [[Ipeľské Predmostie]], then from the 16th century onwards there was no permanent capital, and finally since early 19th century, the capital was [[Šahy]] (in Hungarian: Ipolyság). ===History=== The county arose in the 11th century by separation from the [[Nógrád (county)|Nógrád]] county. Around the year 1300, the territory of [[Gemer|Malohont]] (Hungarian: Kishont) was added to the territory of the county, but received a special status. In 1802, Malohont became part of the [[Gömör-Kishont|Gemer-Malohont]] county. From 1552 to 1685, most of the county was part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and belonged to the administrative unit called Nógrád [[sandjak]]. Changes to the northern border of the county were performed in 1802 and then in the late 19th century (above all Krupina was added to the territory). In the aftermath of [[World War I]], most of Hont county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 [[Treaty of Trianon]]. A small part of the county situated south-east of the river [[Ipeľ]], stayed in [[Hungary]]. In Czechoslovakia, the county continued to exist as the Hont county (''Hontianska župa''). In 1923, it became part of the [[Zvolen county]]. In 1928, it became part of the newly created Slovak Land (''Slovenská krajina/zem''). Following the provisions of the controversial [[First Vienna Award]], the southern part of Czechoslovak Hont came under Hungarian control in November 1938. The remaining northern part became part of the newly created Hron county (1940-1945) of Slovakia. After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored. In 1949, it became part of the newly created Nitra region and Banská Bystrica region of Czechoslovakia. In 1960, it became part of the newly created [[Western Slovak region]] and [[Central Slovak region]]. In 1993, [[Czechoslovakia]] was split and in 1996 Hont became part of the newly created [[Nitra region]] and [[Banská Bystrica region]] of [[Slovakia]]. The Hungarian part of Hont merged with the Hungarian part of [[Nógrád (county)|Nógrád]] county to form [[Nógrád-Hont]] county. Between 1939 and 1945 it was united with the occupied parts of former [[Bars county|Bars]] and Hont counties to form [[Bars-Hont]] county (capital [[Levice]]). Since 1950 the Hungarian part of Hont is divided between the present Hungarian counties [[Pest (county)|Pest]] and [[Nógrád (county)|Nógrád]]. ===Subdivisions=== Until 1802, the county consisted of 3 [[Processus (Kingdom of Hungary)|processuses]] (in Slovak slúžnovské okresy; a type of districts led by "iudices nobilium") plus the Malohont district. In 1802, when Malohont was removed, the county was divided in four new processus. In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Hont county were: {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Districts (''járás'') |- ! District!! Capital |- |Bát||Bát, [[Slovak language|SK]] [[Bátovce]] |- |Ipolynyék||Ipolynyék, SK [[Vinica]] |- |Ipolyság||Ipolyság, SK [[Šahy]] |- |Korpona||Korpona, SK [[Krupina]] |- |Szob||[[Szob]] |- |Vámosmikola||[[Vámosmikola]] |- !colspan=2|Urban counties (''törvényhatósági jogú város'') |- |colspan=2|Selmecbánya + Bélabánya, SK [[Banská Štiavnica]] and [[Banská Belá]] |- !colspan=2|Urban districts (''rendezett tanácsú város'') |- |colspan=2|Korpona, SK [[Krupina]] |} The towns of [[Vámosmikola]] and [[Szob]] are presently in [[Hungary]]. {{HUCountiesto1918}} [[Category:Traditional regions of Slovakia]] [[Category:Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary]] [[de:Komitat Hont]] [[eo:Hont (reĝa departemento)]] [[it:Hont]] [[hu:Hont vármegye]] [[sk:Hont (župa)]]