Sopron County

Sopron County Comitatus Soproniensis Sopron vármegye
County of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century-1946) County of the Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949) County of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1950)
Coat of arms
Capital	Sopron
Area
• Coordinates	47°41′N 16°35′E / 47.683°N 16.583°E / 47.683; 16.583
• 1910	3,256 km2 (1,257 sq mi)
• 1930	1,915 km2 (739 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	283,500
• 1930	179,261
History
• Established	11th century
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Disestablished	16 March 1950
Today part of	Hungary (1,915 km2) Austria (1,341 km2)

Sopron (German: Ödenburg, Slovak: Šopron) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between Austria and Hungary. The capital of the county was Sopron.

Sopron county shared borders with the Austrian land Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties Moson, Győr, Veszprém and Vas. The Lake Neusiedl (Hungarian: Fertő tó, German: Neusiedler See) lay in the county. Its area was about 3,256 km² around 1910.

The Sopron comitatus arose as one of the first comitati of the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the western part of the county became part of Austria, while the eastern part became a part of Hungary. In 1921, it was decided by referendum that the city of Sopron and eight surrounding settlements would join Hungary instead of Austria.

In 1950, Sopron county merged with Győr-Moson county to form Győr-Sopron county, while a small part of Sopron county went to Vas County. The county was renamed to Győr-Moson-Sopron county in 1990.

In 1900, the county had a population of 279,796 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 136,616 (48.8%)
• German: 109,369 (39.1%)
• Croatian: 31,317 (11.2%)
• Slovak: 505 (0.2%)
• Romanian: 22 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 12 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,951 (0.7%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 235,390 (84.1%)
• Lutheran: 33,924 (12.1%)
• Jewish: 9,736 (3,5)
• Calvinist: 641 (0.2%)
• Greek Catholic: 53 (0.0%)
• Greek Orthodox: 26 (0.0%)
• Unitarian: 15 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 11 (0.0%)

In 1910, the county had a population of 283,510 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Hungarian: 141,011 (49.7%)
• German: 109,160 (38.5%)
• Croatian: 31,004 (10.9%)
• Slovak: 397 (0.1%)
• Romanian: 33 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 15 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,886 (0.7%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[4]

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 239,578 (84.5%)
• Lutheran: 34,820 (12.3%)
• Jewish: 8,192 (2,9)
• Calvinist: 743 (0.3%)
• Greek Catholic: 93 (0.0%)
• Greek Orthodox: 50 (0.0%)
• Unitarian: 27 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 7 (0.0%)

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

Eisenstadt, Mattersburg, Rust and Oberpullendorf are now in Austria.