Moson 923461 224562516 2008-07-09T12:43:10Z Zello 359326 {{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |conventional_long_name = Moson County |common_name = Moson |subdivision = [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|County]] |nation = the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] |year_start = 12th century |event_end = Treaty of Trianon |year_end = 1920 |date_end = June 4 |image_coat = Moson coatofarms.jpg |image_map = moson.png |capital = Magyaróvár |stat_area1 = 1989 |stat_pop1 = 94500 |stat_year1 = 1910 |today = [[Hungary]], [[Austria]], [[Slovakia]] }} '''Moson''' (Hungarian, in German: Wieselburg) was a historic administrative county ([[comitatus]]) of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] in present-day eastern [[Austria]] and north-western [[Hungary]], on the right (south) side of the [[Danube]] river. Moson is the name of a town, nowadays part of the city [[Mosonmagyaróvár]]. ==Geography== Moson county shared borders with the [[Austria]]n land [[Lower Austria]] and the Hungarian counties [[Bratislava county|Pozsony]] (Bratislava), [[Győr (county)|Győr]] and [[Sopron (county)|Sopron]]. The river [[Danube]] runs along the north of the county, and the lake [[Neusiedler See]] lies partly in the county. Its area was 2013 [[square kilometer|km²]] around 1910. ==Capitals== The capital of the county was the town of Moson initially. The capital was moved to nearby Magyaróvár in the Middle Ages. Moson and Magyaróvár merged in [[1939]] to form the city of [[Mosonmagyaróvár]]. ==History== The Moson [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]] arose as one of the first [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitati]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. In [[1918]] (confirmed by the [[Treaty of Trianon]] [[1920]]), a tiny part of Moson county close to [[Bratislava]] became part of newly formed [[Czechoslovakia]]. The eastern part stayed in [[Hungary]] and merged with [[Győr (county)|Győr]] county and a very small part of [[Pozsony county]] to form ''Győr-Moson-Pozsony'' county. The western part became part of the new [[Austria]]n land [[Burgenland]]. After [[World War II]], ''Győr-Moson-Pozsony'' county merged with [[Sopron (county)]] to form [[Győr-Moson-Sopron|Győr-Sopron]] county. This county was renamed to [[Győr-Moson-Sopron]] county in the early [[1990]]s. ==Demographics== In 1910, county had a population of 94,479 people. Population by language: *German = 51,997 *Hungarian = 33,006 *Croatian = 8,123 ==Subdivisions== In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Moson county were: {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Districts (''járás'') |- ! District!! Capital |- |Magyaróvár||Magyaróvár (now [[Mosonmagyaróvár]]) |- |Nezsider||Nezsider, [[German language|AT]] [[Neusiedl am See]] |- |Rajka||[[Rajka]] |} [[Neusiedl am See]] is presently in [[Austria]]. {{HUCountiesto1918}} [[Category:Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary]] [[de:Komitat Wieselburg]] [[eo:Moson]] [[it:Moson (antico comitato)]] [[hu:Moson vármegye]] [[ru:Мошон (комитат)]] [[sk:Mošon (župa)]]