Zaránd County Explained

Zaránd County (Hungarian: Zaránd vármegye, Latin: Comitatus Zarandiensis) was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of Transylvania from the middle ages until 1876. Located mainly in the Fehér-Körös/Crișul Alb river valley, today its former territory lies mostly in Romania, with a small amount in south-eastern Hungary.

In the 16th century Zaránd was part of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and later the Partium territories of the Principality of Transylvania. It returned to Habsburg Hungary in 1699.

In 1744 most of the western territory of Zaránd County, including its capital Zaránd/Zărand, was transferred to Arad County; Körösbánya/Baia de Criș became the capital of the new rump county.

During a period of significant administrative reform in the Austrian Empire following the Revolutions of 1848 the traditional counties of Transylvania (including the Partium territories of Zaránd, Kraszna, Közép-Szolnok and Kővár) were abolished and reorganised into five German: [[Circle (administrative division)|Kreise]] (districts; literally "circles") in 1851; Zaránd's territory was incorporated into the German: Kreis of Karlsburg.[1] In 1854 the German: Kreis system was revised significantly with the previously five German: Kreise becoming ten; Zaránd's territory became part of the new German: Kreis of Broos.[2] The pre-1848 counties, including Zaránd, were restored in 1860.

Zaránd county was finally permanently dissolved as part of the 1876 administrative reform in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen; most of its territory became part of Hunyad County as the Körösbánya and Brád districts, with a smaller western part being merged into Arad county as the district of Nagyhalmágy.

List of ispáns

See also: Ispán.

Middle Ages

TermIncumbentMonarchNotesSource
1306James Borsaalso Palatine of Hungary
1324–1330Desiderius HéderváriCharles Ihe was also castellan of Világos Castle, and ispán of Sopron and Győr Counties
1330–1331Henry HéderváriCharles Ison of Desiderius; he was also castellan of Világos Castle

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verordnung des Ministeriums des Inneren vom 12. Mai 1851, wodurch in Folge Allerhöchster Entschließung vom 12. Mai 1851 die Organisation der politischen Verwaltung im Großfürstenthume Siebenbürgen kundgemacht wird.. de. 1851-05-16. 2022-08-24. ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  2. Web site: Verordnung der Minister des Inneren, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 4. Juni 1854, betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Organisirung der Großfürstenthumes Siebenbürgen.. de. 1854-06-13. 2022-08-24. ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.