Bács-Bodrog (Hungarian, in Serbian: Bačka-Bodrog) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in southern Hungary and northern Serbia (western Vojvodina). The capital of the county was Sombor (in Hungarian: Zombor).

Geography

Bács-Bodrog county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Baranya, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Csongrád, Torontál, Szerém, and Verőce (the latter two counties were part of Croatia-Slavonia). The river Danube formed its western and southern border. The river Tisza formed its eastern border, down to its confluence with the Danube. Its area was 11079 km² around 1910.

History

Bács county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. The county was taken by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. After the Vojvodina was captured by the Austrians, the county fell alternately under Austrian and Hungarian rule. The county Bács-Bodrog was created in the 1860s, when the area was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county (including Sombor and Novi Sad) became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). The northernmost approx. 15% of the county stayed in Hungary. The capital of this smaller Hungarian county Bács-Bodrog was Baja. After World War II Bács-Bodrog was united with the southern part of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county to form Bács-Kiskun county.

The Yugoslavian part of pre-1918 Bács-Bodrog county (the Bačka region) is presently part of Serbia, autonomous region Vojvodina.

Districts

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

• Sombor (Hungarian: Zombor)
• Baja
• Novi Sad (Hungarian: Újvidék)
• Apatin
• Bácsalmás
• Odžaci (Hungarian: Hódság)
• Kula (Hungarian: Kúla)
• Bačka Palanka (Hungarian: Németpalánka)
• Bečej (Hungarian: Óbecse)
• Titel
• Bačka Topola (Hungarian: Topolya)
• Senta (Hungarian: Zenta)
• Žabalj (Hungarian: Zsablya)

Urban counties:

• Sombor (Hungarian: Zombor)
• Baja
• Novi Sad (Hungarian: Újvidék)
• Subotica (Hungarian: Szabadka)

Urban district:

• Senta (Hungarian: Zenta)

The towns Baja and Bácsalmás are presently in Hungary, the other mentioned towns are presently in Serbia.