Tolna County (former)

Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.

Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatuses of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. Part of Hungary was in the 1500s taken and controlled by the Ottoman Empire during the ruling of Suleiman the Magnificent.

In 1900, the county had a population of 253,182 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 172,967 (68.3%)
• German: 77,293 (30.5%)
• Serbian: 1,011 (0.4%)
• Slovak: 735 (0.3%)
• Croatian: 369 (0.2%)
• Romanian: 1 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 806 (0.3%)

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

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 172,151 (68.0%)
• Calvinist: 39,141 (15.5%)
• Lutheran: 31,836 (12.6%)
• Jewish: 8,427 (3.3%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 1,108 (0.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 123 (0.0%)
• Unitarian: 19 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 377 (0.2%)

 

In 1910, the county had a population of 267,267 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Hungarian: 189,521 (70.9%)
• German: 74,376 (27.9%)
• Serbian: 1,102 (0.4%)
• Slovak: 789 (0.3%)
• Croatian: 343 (0.1%)
• Romanian: 39 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,085 (0.4%)

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

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 185,863 (69.5%)
• Calvinist: 39,500 (14.8%)
• Lutheran: 31,976 (12.0%)
• Jewish: 8,159 (3.1%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 1,167 (0.4%)
• Greek Catholic: 209 (0.1%)
• Unitarian: 20 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 355 (0.1%)

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

• Székelys of Bukovina