Zágráb is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia. Its territory is presently in northern Croatia. The capital of the county was Zagreb (Croatian, in Hungarian: Zágráb).

Geography

Zágráb county shared borders with the Austrian lands Styria, Carniola and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Hungarian counties Varasd, Belovár-Körös, Pozsega and Modrus-Fiume (all in Croatia-Slavonia). The river Sava flows through the county. Its area was 7210 km² around 1910.

History

The territory of Zágráb county became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Zágráb county was re-established after it was liberated from Ottoman occupation in the early 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.

Districts

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

• Zagreb (Hungarian: Zágráb)
• Karlovac (Hungarian: Károlyváros)
• Kostajnica (Hungarian: Kosztajnica)
• Petrinja
• Sisak (Hungarian: Sziszek)
• Dugo Selo
• Glina
• Jastrebarsko (Hungarian: Jaszka)
• Velika Gorica (Hungarian: Nagygorica)
• Pisarovina
• Samobor
• Donja Stubica
• Sveti Ivan Zelina (Hungarian: Szentiván Zelina)
• Vrginmost

Urban county:

• Zagreb (Hungarian: Zágráb)

Urban districts:

• Karlovac (Hungarian: Károlyváros)
• Kostajnica (Hungarian: Kosztajnica)
• Petrinja
• Sisak (Hungarian: Sziszek)