Fejér (in

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: ''comitatus Albensis'') was an 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 lo ...

) 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 ...

. Its territory, which was slightly smaller than that of present Fejér county, today in central

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. The capital of the county was Székesfehérvár.

Geography

Fejér county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém,

Komárom Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate villag ...

, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Tolna. It lay southwest of

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, around Székesfehérvár. The river

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formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 4129 km² around 1910.

History

Fejér county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. Székesfehérvár, as a seat for the coronation of the Hungarian monarch and location of royal burials, held a central role in the Middle Ages. The Solt region, east of the

river, which used to be part of Fejér county, went to Pest-Pilis-Solt county in 1569. In 1945, the city of

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and its surroundings went to Pest county, while in 1950 the region south-east of

Lake Balaton Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and ...

(around Enying), which used to be in

Veszprém county Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western ...

went to Fejér county.

Demographics

1891

Ethnic groups (1891): *

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(Magyars): 190,660 (85.7%) *

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: 26,077 (11.7%) * Slovaks: 2924 (1.3%) *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

: 2103 (0.9%) Total population: 222,445

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 236,102 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Hungarian: 202,890 (85.9%) * German: 25,713 (10.9%) * Slovak: 4,180 (1.8%) * Serbian: 965 (0.4%) * Croatian: 441 (0.2%) * Romanian: 116 (0.0%) * Ruthenian: 10 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 1,787 (0.8%) According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

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: 161,474 (68.4%) *

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

: 58,616 (24.8%) *

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

: 7,863 (3.3%) *

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

: 6,741 (2.9%) *

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

: 1,017 (0.4%) * Unitarian: 254 (0.1%) *

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: 117 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 20 (0.0%)

1910

In 1910, the county had a population of 250,670 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Hungarian: 218,822 (87.3%) * German: 24,265 (9.7%) * Slovak: 4,359 (1.7%) * Serbian: 814 (0.3%) * Croatian: 333 (0.1%) * Romanian: 37 (0.0%) * Ruthenian: 5 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 2,035 (0.8%) According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

: 175,464 (70.0%) *

: 59,105 (23.6%) *

: 7,382 (3.0%) *

: 7,267 (2.9%) *

: 1,060 (0.4%) * Unitarian: 202 (0.0%) *

: 161 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 29 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fejer County (Former) 1692 establishments in Europe 1543 disestablishments States and territories disestablished in 1946 Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary