Baranya County (former)

Baranya County
Comitatus Baranyiensis (Latin)
Baranya vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Baranya (German)
Baranjska županija (Croatian)
Барањска жупанија (Serbian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1000-1541, 1699-1946)
Coat of arms

CapitalPécs
Area
  Coordinates46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°E / 46.083; 18.233
 
 1910
5,176 km2 (1,998 sq mi)
 1930
4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
352,478
 1930
311,660
History 
 Established
1000
 Ottoman conquest
1541
 County recreated
1699
4 June 1920
11 April 1941
 Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary
(4,033 km2)
Croatia
(1,143 km2)

Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya, Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Барања / Baranja, German: Branau) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between present-day Baranya County of Hungary and Osijek-Baranja County of Croatia. The capital of the county was Pécs.