Gömör-Kishont
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| Gömör és Kishont | |
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| County seat in 1910 | Rimaszombat SK Rimavská Sobota |
| Area in 1910 | 4279 km² |
| Population in 1910 | 188,100 |
| Present country | Slovakia, Hungary |
Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimavská Sobota. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary.
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[edit] Geography
Around 1910, Gömör-Kishont county shared borders with the counties Zólyom (Zvolen), Liptó (Liptov), Szepes (Spiš), Abaúj-Torna (Abov-Turňa), Borsod, Heves and Nógrád. It was situated in Slovenské rudohorie approximately between the present-day Slovak-Hungarian border, the towns Poltár and Rožňava and the Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry). The river Slaná flowed through the county. Its area was 4,279 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
The county Gömör-Kishont was a combination of the counties Gömör (Gemer) and Kishont (Malohont). It existed from 1786 until the end of World War I, with an interruption from 1790 until 1802. Gemer is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, and was already mentioned in the 11th century. Malohont is the territory approximately between the towns Tisovec and Rimavská Sobota.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, except 7.5% of its area (around Putnok), which became part of the Hungarian county Borsod-Gömör-Kishont (presently part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén).
The Czechoslovak part of the county was part of the Slovak Land (Slovenská krajina/zem). During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, most of the county was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and the Gömör-Kishont county was recreated. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, Gemer and Malohont have been part of Slovakia, and since 1996 divided between the Košice region and the Banská Bystrica region.
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Gömör-Kishont/Gemer-Malohont county were:
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| District | Capital |
| Feled | Feled, SK Jesenské |
| Garamvölgy | Nándorvölgy, SK Vaľkovňa |
| Nagyrőce | Jolsva, SK Jelšava |
| Putnok | Putnok |
| Ratkó | Ratkó, SK Ratková |
| Rimaszombat | Nyustya, SK Hnúšťa |
| Rozsnyó | Rozsnyó, SK Rožňava |
| Tornalja | Tornalja, SK Tornaľa |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Dobsina, SK Dobšiná | |
| Jolsva, SK Jelšava | |
| Nagyrőce, SK Revúca | |
| Rimaszombat, SK Rimavská Sobota | |
| Rozsnyó, SK Rožňava | |
Putnok is presently in Hungary; all other named towns are presently in Slovakia.
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