Borsod County

Borsod County
Comitatus Borsodiensis (Latin)
Borsod vármegye (Hungarian)
Boršodská stolica (Slovak)
Komitat Borschod (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(11th century-1621)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1621–1629)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1629–1645)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1645–1648)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1648–1923, 1938–1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalBorsod;
Miskolc (1724–1945)
Area
 • Coordinates48°6′N 20°47′E / 48.100°N 20.783°E / 48.100; 20.783
 
• 1910
3,629 km2 (1,401 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
289,914
History 
• Established
11th century
• Merged into Borsod-Gömör-Kishont County
1923
• County recreated (First Vienna Award)
1938
• Merged into Borsod-Gömör County
1945
Today part ofHungary

Borsod 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.

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