Orava (county)

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Orava (county)

Árva (Slovak

Slovak language

The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver...
: Orava, Polish

Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: Orawa, German

German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: Arwa) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus

Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)

A comitatus is the name of an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia and in the Republic of Hungary from the 10th century until 1949 when it was abolished by the new constitution....
) of the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary , which existed from 1000 to 1918, and then from 1920 to 1946, was a considerable state in Central Europe....
. Its territory is presently in northern Slovakia

Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
and southern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
. Today, the Slovak name is only used as an informal designation of the corresponding territory (see Orava (region)

Orava (region)

Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia and partially also in southern Poland . It encompasses the territory of the former ?rva county....
).

he past Árva county shared borders with the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n land Galicia

Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
and the Hungarian counties Trencsén (Trencín), Turóc (Turiec) and Liptó (Liptov).

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Árva (Slovak

Slovak language

Polish language

German language

Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary , which existed from 1000 to 1918, and then from 1920 to 1946, was a considerable state in Central Europe....
. Its territory is presently in northern Slovakia

Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
and southern Poland

Poland

Orava (region)

Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia and partially also in southern Poland . It encompasses the territory of the former ?rva county....
).

Geography

In the past Árva county shared borders with the Austria

Austria

Galicia (Central Europe)

Orava River

Orava is the name of a 60.9 km long river in north-western Slovakia passing through a picturesque country, in the Orava . Its source is nowadays the Orava whose waters flooded the confluence of Biela Orava and Cierna Orava in 1953....
between Zázrivá

Zázrivá

Z?zriv? is a village and municipality in Doln? Kub?n District in the ?ilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located in the Orava region, around 35 km of ?ilina and 20 km from Doln? Kub?n...
and the Tatra mountains

Tatra Mountains

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , constitute a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They occupy an area of 750 km?, the major part of which lies in Slovakia....
. Its area was 2,019 km² around 1910. Now its territory is divided by the Polish-Slovakian border. The main Polish city of Árva is Jablonka

Jablonka

Jablonka can be:*Eva Jablonka , Israeli biologistCentral European villages:*Jablonka, Myjava in Slovakia*Jablonka, Glubczyce in Poland...
.

Capitals

The capital of the county was the Orava Castle

Orava (castle)

| |-| |-| |}Orava Castle is the name of a castle situated on a high rock , which was constructed in the 13th century, considered to be one of the most interesting castles in Slovakia....
, then Velicná

Velicná

Velicn? is a village and municipality in Doln? Kub?n District in the Zilina Region of northern Slovakia....
and since the late 17th century Dolný Kubín

Dolný Kubín

Doln? Kub?n is a town in northern Slovakia in the ?ilina Region. It is the historical capital of the Orava region....
.

History

Árva county as a Hungarian comitatus

Comitatus

Comitatus may refer to:* Comes, a Latin word with similar meaning* Comitatenses, the Roman late Imperial mobile army* Comitatus , a political term used in various meanings, in Europe's classical period and in the Middle Ages...
arose before the 15th century. In the aftermath of World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Trianon

The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of World War I by the Allies of World War I, on one side, and Hungary, seen as a successor of Austria-Hungary, on the other....
. After a border dispute (treated in detail under Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts) several villages in the north-east of the now defunct Árva county's territory were exchanged between Poland

Poland

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, when Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

World War II

Czechoslovakia

Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
.

Demographics

Population by language (1910 census):

Slovak = 59,096
Polish = 16,131
Hungarian = 2,000
German = 1,518

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Alsókubin	Alsókubin, SK Slovak language The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver... Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín Doln? Kub?n is a town in northern Slovakia in the ?ilina Region. It is the historical capital of the Orava region....
Námesztó	Námesztó, SK Námestovo Námestovo N?mestovo is a town in northern Slovakia. It is the capital and largest town of N?mestovo District in the ?ilina Region. its population was 8,094....
Trsztena	Trsztena, SK Trstená Trstená Trsten? is a city in Tvrdo??n District, ?ilina Region, central Slovakia.It was first mentioned historically in 1371. It is a town that is nestled along the Orava River in the Slovak region of Orava ....
Vár	Turdossin, SK Tvrdošín Tvrdošín Tvrdo??n is a town in central Slovakia....

External links

http://www.orava.sk http://skansen.nowotarski.pl Orawa Ethnographic Park