Küküllő County ( hu, Küküllő vármegye; ro, Comitatul Târnava; german: Komitat Kokelburg) was a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

of the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. Located in the

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

region between the rivers

Maros Maros is a town in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia close to the provincial capital of Makassar. It is the capital of the Maros Regency. Maros is the location of the Indonesian Cereals Research Institute, a branch of the Indonesian A ...

(''Mureș'') and Nagy-Küküllő (''Târnava Mare''), it existed from the 11th century until 1876, when it was split off into

Kis-Küküllő County Kis-Küküllő was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). Kis-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the river Târnava Mică. The capital of the county was ' ...

and

Nagy-Küküllő County Nagy-Küküllő ( ro, Comitatul Târnava-Mare) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). Nagy-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the river Târnava Mare. ...

. Its capital was Küküllővár (german: Kokelburg, ro, Cetatea de Baltă)."Küküllő vármegye"
in the Magyar Katolikus Lexikon

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kukullo County Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Hungary counties in Transylvania States and territories established in the 11th century States and territories disestablished in 1876