Modruš-Rijeka County

Modruško-riječka županija Modruš-Rijeka County County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia 12th century–1920 Coat of arms Location of the County (yellow) within the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (green) Capital Ogulin History  - Established 12th century  - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920 Area  - 1910 4,879 km2 (1,884 sq mi) Population  - 1910 231,654       Density 47.5 /km2  (123 /sq mi) Today part of Croatia

Old map of Modruš-Rijeka County

The Modruš-Rijeka County (Croatian: Modruško-riječka županija; Hungarian: Modrus-Fiume vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision (županija) of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its territory is presently in western Croatia. Modruš is a small town near Ogulin; Rijeka is a large city on the Adriatic coast. However, Rijeka was not part of the Modruš-Rijeka County, but under the direct administration of Hungary. The capital of the county was Ogulin.

Geography

The Modruš-Rijeka County shared borders with the Austrian lands Istria, Carniola and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the counties of Zagreb and Lika-Krbava (both in Croatia-Slavonia). The county had a strip of Adriatic Sea coast. Its area was 4879 km² around 1910.

History

The territory of the County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. The County was created in the late 18th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.

Demographics

In 1910, the population of the county was 231,654.

Population by language (1910 census):^[1]

• Croatian = 152,210 (65.73 %)
• Serbian = 74,894 (32.34 %)
• Hungarian = 899 (0.39 %)
• German = 592 (0.26 %)
• Slovak = 64 (0.03 %)
• Romanian = 6 (0.00 %)
• Ruthenian = 4 (0.00 %)
• other = 2,895 (1.25 %)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Modruš-Rijeka county were:^[2]

Districts
District	Capital
Čabar	Čabar
Cirkvenica	Crikvenica
Delnice	Delnice
Ogulin	Ogulin
Sušak	Bakar
Szluin	Slunj
Vojnić	Vojnić
Vrbovsko	Vrbovsko

References

	Croatia portal
	Austria-Hungary portal

1. ^ 1910 census
2. ^ Districts of Croatia-Slavonia in 1914 (Hungarian)

Coordinates: 45°15′N 15°10′E / 45.25°N 15.167°E / 45.25; 15.167