Zagreb County (former)

Zagreb County Zagrebačka županija
County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
1840–1920 →
Coat of arms
Location of the County (yellow) within the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (green)
Capital		Zagreb
History
•	Established	1840
•	Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Area
•	1910	7,210 km2 (2,784 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	594,052
	Density	82.4 /km2  (213.4 /sq mi)
Today part of		Croatia

Old map of Zagreb County

Zagreb County (Croatian: Zagrebačka županija; Hungarian: Zágráb vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision (županija) of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its territory is now in northern Croatia. The capital of the county was Zagreb.

Geography

Zagreb County shared borders with the Austrian lands Styria, Carniola and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the counties of Varaždin County, Bjelovar-Križevci, Požega and Modruš-Rijeka (all in Croatia-Slavonia). The river Sava flows through the county. Its area was 7210 km² around 1910.

History

The territory of the Zagreb County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. Zagreb County was re-established after it was liberated from Ottoman occupation in the early 18th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of the Republic of Croatia.

Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 541,242 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

• Croatian: 403,020 (74.5%)
• Serbian: 113,129 (20.9%)
• German: 6,034 (1.1%)
• Hungarian: 4,403 (0.8%)
• Slovak: 188 (0.0%)
• Romanian: 22 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 18 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 14,428 (2.7%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 414,680 (76.6%)
• Serbian Orthodox: 113,265 (20.9%)
• Greek Catholic: 7,561 (1.4%)
• Jewish: 4,659 (0.9%)
• Lutheran: 740 (0.1%)
• Calvinist: 271 (0.0%)
• Unitarian: 6 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 60 (0.0%)

In 1910, the county had a population of 594,052 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

• Croatian: 445,870 (75.1%)
• Serbian: 122,558 (20.6%)
• German: 6,016 (1.0%)
• Hungarian: 6,068 (1.0%)
• Slovak: 235 (0.0%)
• Romanian: 30 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 61 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 13,214 (2.2%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 456,423 (76.8%)
• Serbian Orthodox: 122,861 (20.7%)
• Greek Catholic: 7,458 (1.3%)
• Jewish: 5,680 (1.0%)
• Lutheran: 785 (0.1%)
• Calvinist: 742 (0.1%)
• Unitarian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 99 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts
District	Capital
Dugoszolo	hr: Dugo Selo
Dvor	Dvor
Glina	Glina
Jasztrebarszka	hr: Jastrebarsko
Károlyváros	hr: Karlovac
Kostajnica	Kostajnica
Nagygorica	hr: Velika Gorica
Petrinya	hr: Petrinja
Pisarovina	Pisarovina
Szamobor	hr: Samobor
Stubica	Donja Stubica
Szentivánzelina	hr: Sveti Ivan Zelina
Sziszek	hr: Sisak
Topuszka	hr: Topusko
Zágráb	hr: Zagreb
Urban counties
Zagreb
Urban districts
Karlovac
Petrinja
Sisak