Uzh county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia (1/3) and western Ukraine (2/3).

Geography

Uzh county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia (currently in Poland and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Bereg, Szabolcs and Zemplén (Zemplín). It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains in the north, the rivers Tisza and Latorica in the south, and the river Laborec in the west. The rivers Latorica and Uzh (hence the name of the county) flowed through the county. Its area was 3230 km² around 1910.

Capitals

Initially, the capital of the county was the Uzhhorod Castle , later the town of Uzhhorod (in Hungarian: Ungvár).

History

Uzh is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, except the town Záhony , which remained in Hungary (county Szabolcs-Ung).

During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, most of the county (except a small western part) was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and the county Uzh was recreated, with additional parts of pre-1918 Zemplén county.

After World War II, most of Uzh county became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattya region. The westernmost part was returned to Czechoslovakia. Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattya region is part of Ukraine. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, the western part of Uzh is part of Slovakia, Košice region .

Districts

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

• Uzhhorod (Hungarian: Ungvár)
• Veľké Kapušany (Hungarian: Nagykapos)
• Sobrance (Hungarian: Szobránc)
• Veliky Berezny (Hungarian: Nagyberezna)
• Perechyn (Hungarian: Perecseny)
• Serednye (Hungarian: Szerednye)

Urban district:

• Uzhhorod (Hungarian: Ungvár)

The towns Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are presently in Slovakia, the other mentioned towns are in Ukraine.