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24-582: Zemplín or Zemplén can refer to: Zemplín (region) , a region in Slovakia Zemplín (village) , a village in Slovakia Zemplén County , a historical county of the Kingdom of Hungary in present Slovakia and Hungary [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

48-662: Is no longer an administrative region, but is divided between two of the 21 official tourism regions, Lower Zemplín and Upper Zemplín. Administratively, the region is divided between Košice Region , which includes Trebišov and the western part of Michalovce District (if Ung county is included, eastern part of Michalovce and whole Sobrance District also belong to Zemplín), and Prešov Region , fully including Humenné , Snina and Medzilaborce districts and from bigger part including Vranov nad Topľou and Stropkov districts. Major towns include Michalovce , Trebišov and Humenné . The region of Zemplín, administered from Zemplín Castle

72-538: Is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the early history of the Kingdom of Hungary, each county (in Latin comitatus) formed around a castle (the majority of these castles were motte castles; most of the stone-built castles were constructed after the Mongol invasion of Hungary in the mid-13th century). The castle – which stood near modern-day Edelény – bore the name of its first steward, Bors, who lived during

96-633: The Carpathian Mountains in the north to the lowest point in Slovakia at 94 meters (308 ft) AMSL. The region is situated in the easternmost part of Slovakia (except for the region between Vihorlatské vrchy and the Latorica river, if the former territory of Ung county is not included). Rivers in the region include: Bodrog , Laborec , Latorica, Uzh , Ondava and a small part of the Tisza river. Zemplín

120-549: The Slavic personal name Boriš (a theory of Elemér Moór). The problem has not been sufficiently resolved yet. E.g. Lajos Kiss suggests the Turkish origin, whilst Slovak scholars have been suggesting the Slavic origin since the times of Ján Stanislav who accepted Moór's theory as more reliable and pointed to several place names with similar etymology ( *Bor[I]ša ). Ján Steinhübel points to

144-558: The battle of Mohács (1526), which marks the beginning of the Ottoman occupation of Hungary (lasting for over 160 years) the county had 13 castles, 13 market towns ( oppidum , including Miskolc and Mezőkövesd ) and 250 villages, owned by 235 different feudal lords including dioceses and monasteries. The steward of the county was the captain of the Castle of Diósgyőr. In 1566, the Ottomans occupied

168-551: The 7,313 who eventually came back, makes the county 18th in the list of Hungarian counties with the most emigrees. In 1919, Borsod county had 177 villages (13 of them had a population larger than 2000). After World War I and the Treaty of Trianon , Hungary lost many of its territories to neighbouring countries. The loss did not affect Borsod county, its borders remained unchanged, but of the surrounding counties, Abaúj-Torna (Abaúj had been merged with Torna in 1882) lost 48% of its area to

192-472: The Czech name Borša (a member of the retinue of Břetislav II ); from the same name derives also e.g. Boršov nad Vltavou . Before World War I , Borsod county shared borders with the counties of Gömör-Kishont , Abaúj-Torna , Zemplén , Szabolcs , Hajdú and Heves . The river Tisza formed the southeastern border, and the river Sajó flowed through the county. Its area was 3,629 km around 1910. Borsod

216-522: The Hungarian part of Abov-Turňa to form the present Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. Since the separation of Czechoslovakia into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993, the northern part of Zemplín is part of Slovakia , divided between eastern parts of Košice Region and Prešov Region. 48°42′N 21°48′E  /  48.7°N 21.8°E  / 48.7; 21.8 Borsod Borsod

240-467: The border between them slightly changed. In 1941, the county had 382,324 inhabitants (378,303 Hungarians, 272 Germans, 240 Slovaks, 165 Romanians, 210 Ruthenians, 2103 Gypsies and 2324 other; 225,476 Roman Catholics, 19,625 Greek Catholics, 226 Greek Orthodox, 8657 Evangelicals, 109,809 Protestants, 105 Unitarians, 970 Baptists, 16,997 Jews, 164 of other religions). After World War II , the Vienna Award

264-539: The castles of Dédes and Diósgyőr, and after the Battle of Mezőkeresztes ( 26–28 October 1596) they occupied Miskolc too. These areas were under Ottoman control until 1687. In the next century, an important historical event of Prince Rákóczi 's freedom fight took place in the county: the Diet of Ónod , where Hungary was declared independent of Habsburg rule, was held here, next to the village of Ónod , on 18 June 1707. In 1724, it

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288-576: The divided Sátoraljaújhely ) stayed in Hungary as the county Zemplén. During World War II , when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, some of the Czechoslovak part of Zemplen county was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award , and added to the counties Zemplén and Ung. After World War II, the pre-war border was restored, and the Hungarian county Zemplén merged with the county Borsod and

312-453: The kingdom, several new castles were constructed in Borsod county too (Cserépvár, Csorbakő, Dédes, Diósgyőr , Éleskő ), many in places of former, destroyed motte castles. The monastery of Boldva was destroyed during a second Mongol invasion in 1285. In the papal tithe registers from 1332 to 1335, the county is mentioned as having 91 parishes. The county had about 240 villages at that time. Before

336-561: The late 10th/early 11th century) and úz groups (11th–12th century). This is also evident from place names like Szirmabesenyő (besenyő is the Hungarian word for Pecheneg) and Ózd (from "úz"). The parishes of the county belonged to the Diocese of Eger from the beginning. Several monasteries were founded in the region, in Százd (by the Aba clan, 11th century), Boldva (by the queen, 12th century), Kács (by

360-443: The neighbouring Heves county, while Egerfarmos, Ivánka, Szőkepuszta and the mill of Kistálya were annexed from Heves to Borsod. In 1850 several other towns and villages of Borsod were annexed to neighbouring counties: Andornak, Kistálya and Felsőtárkány to Heves, Domaháza and Sikátor to Gömör and Kishont. Onga , formerly belonging to Abaúj county, and Külsőböcs, formerly of Zemplén county, became parts of Borsod. In 1907, Miskolc

384-450: The newly formed state of Czechoslovakia , Zemplén lost 72% and Gömör-Kishont lost 92.5%. In 1923, Borsod county was merged with the remaining part of former Gömör-Kishont county to form "Borsod-Gömör-Kishont temporarily united county" with its capital at Miskolc. On 2 November 1938, the First Vienna Award returned to Hungary some parts of Gömör and Kishont lost in 1920; Borsod and Gömör-Kishont became independent from each other again but

408-412: The reigns of either High Prince Géza or his son Stephen I . The county's borders became permanent in the early 14th century, when the neighbouring Torna County was formed, and they remained basically unchanged for the next six hundred years. Judging from the place names, originally the majority of the population were ethnic Hungarians, but later other groups immigrated to the area too: Pechenegs (in

432-488: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zemplín&oldid=594266375 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zempl%C3%ADn (region) Zemplín region stretches from

456-642: The Örsúr clan), Tapolca (by the Miskolc clan), Bélháromkút (by the Bishop of Eger, after 1232). The Battle of Mohi – marking the beginning of the Mongol invasion which had a disastrous effect on Hungary – took place in Borsod county, near the village of Muhi , on 11 April 1241. The Mongols defeated the army of King Béla IV . During the two-year invasion, 16 of the county's 69 villages were completely destroyed. In 1248, when King Béla ordered stone castles to be built throughout

480-597: Was already an administrative unit of Great Moravia in the 9th century CE. After its integration into the Kingdom of Hungary , it became known as the Zemplén county. Between 1879 and 1901 over 32,000 persons emigrated from the Slovak districts of Zemplín to the USA. In 1918 the Slovak part of Zemplín became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia . The southern half (including the bigger part of

504-557: Was an administrative county ( comitatus ) of the Kingdom of Hungary . The capital of the county was Miskolc . After World War II , the county was merged with the Hungarian parts of Abaúj-Torna County and Zemplén counties to form Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. The name comes from the personal name Bors (an early medieval magnate) with the -d suffix used to derive place names in old Hungarian language . The personal name Bors could have derived from bors (Hungarian "pepper") and/or derived from Turkish (a theory of János Melich) or from

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528-416: Was decided that the county hall of Borsod would be built in Miskolc, thus the town officially became the seat of the county. The building was constructed between 1825 and 1827. There were some minor changes in the area of the county during the 19th century: between 1807 and 1812 the villages Szőlőske, Cegléd, Tihamér, Almagyar, Felnémet and Bekölce (many of these are today city parts of Eger ) were annexed to

552-582: Was declared void and Hungary lost the northern territories to Czechoslovakia again; in 1945, the 1938 law was repealed and the remaining part of Gömör-Kishont was merged with Borsod county again, forming Borsod-Gömör county. On 16 March 1950, during an extensive administrative reform, the remaining parts of Abaúj-Torna and Zemplén counties were merged to Borsod-Gömör, creating the modern-day county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén , with only Borsod's county seat Miskolc keeping its county seat status – Sátoraljaújhely , of Zemplén, and Szikszó , of Abaúj county, lost it. Today,

576-402: Was granted the rank of city with municipal rights, becoming de jure independent from Borsod county. Of the 63 counties of Hungary, Borsod was the 39th largest by area, 23rd largest by population and 11th largest by population density (80 persons/km ) in 1910. Between 1899 and 1913 many people left Hungary and emigrated to other countries; from Borsod 23,797 people emigrated, which, not counting

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