Turiec
For rivers in Slovakia see Turiec River (Váh) and Turiec River (Sajó). Turiec (-Slovak, in Latin:
Thurotzium,
comitatus Thurociensis, in German:
Turz, in Hungarian:
Turóc) is the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus) of the
Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western
Slovakia, where it is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory.
Turiec county shared borders with the Hungarian counties
Nyitra (Nitra),
Trencsén (Trenčín),
Árva (Orava),
Liptó (Liptov),
Zólyom (Zvolen) and
Bars (Tekov). Situated between the
Malá Fatra and
Veľká Fatra Mountains. The river
Turiec flowed through the county. Its area was 1123
km² around 1910.
The capitals of Turiec county were the Sklabiňa Castle and
Martin, since 1772 only Martin.
Turiec county as a Hungarian
comitatus arose before the
15th century. In
1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), Turiec county became part of newly formed
Czechoslovakia. During
World War II, when
Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, Turiec was part of independent
Slovakia. After
World War II Turiec county was in
Czechoslovakia again. In
1993,
Czechoslovakia was split and Turiec became part of
Slovakia.
Population by language (1910 census):
*Slovak = 38,432
*German = 10,993
*Hungarian = 5,560
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of the county Turóc/Turiec were:
