Torna County

Torna ( Slovak: ''Turňa'',

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

and Hungarian: ''Torna'', german: link=no, Tornau) is the name of a historic administrative county (

comitatus ''Comitatus'' was in ancient times the Latin term for an armed escort or retinue. The term is used especially in the context of Germanic warrior culture for a warband tied to a leader by an oath of fealty and describes the relations between a lor ...

) 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 ...

. It was located in present-day southeastern

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and northern

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

; today Turňa is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory in Slovakia. The initially large county was one of the original counties in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was gradually reduced to a territory corresponding to a small territory around the

Turňa River Turna or Turňa may refer to: Turňa * Turňa (river), a river in Slovakia * Turňa nad Bodvou, a village and municipality in Slovakia ** Turňa Castle, in Turňa nad Bodvou * The Slavic name for Torna County Torna ( Slovak: ''Turňa'', Lati ...

( hu, Torna-patak). The capital of the county was

Turňa Castle Turňa Castle ( hu, Tornai vár) is a castle in Turňa nad Bodvou. References Castles in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Košice Region {{slovakia-struct-stub ...

( hu, Tornai vár), later the town of

Turňa nad Bodvou Turňa nad Bodvou ( hu, Torna; german: Tornau) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1198. The capital of the historic ...

( hu, Torna). From 1785 to 1790, 1848–1859, and ultimately in 1882 it was merged with the county

Abov Abov (Hungarian: ''Abaúj'') is historically the Slovak name of an Abaúj County in the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it is an informal designation of the part of that county situated in Slovakia, as well as the official name of one of Slovakia's tou ...

to form the county Abaúj-Torna (''Abov-Turňa''). {{DEFAULTSORT:Torna County Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary