Bihar County

Bihar County
Comitatus Bihariensis (Latin)
Bihar vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Bihar (German)
Comitatul Bihor (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(11th century-1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526-1570)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1570-1692)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1692-1850, 1860-1946)
County of the Second Hungarian Republic
(1946-1949)
County of the Hungarian People's Republic
(1949-1950)
Coat of arms of Bihar
Coat of arms

Bihar county between 1876 and 1920
CapitalBihar;
Nagyvárad (1083-1920, 1940-1945);
Berettyóújfalu (1920-1940; 1945-1950)
Area
 • Coordinates47°3′N 21°56′E / 47.050°N 21.933°E / 47.050; 21.933
 
• 1910
10,657 km2 (4,115 sq mi)
• 1930
2,783 km2 (1,075 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
646,301
• 1930
176,002
History 
• Established
11th century
• Disestablished
1850
• County recreated
20 October 1860
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• Second Vienna Award
30 August 1940
• Merged into Hajdú-Bihar County
16 March 1950
Today part ofRomania
(7,874 km2)
Hungary
(2,783 km2)
Biharia; Oradea is the current name of the capital.

Bihar was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and Principality of Transylvania (since the 16th century, when it was under the rule of the Princes of Transylvania). Most of its territory is now part of Romania, while a smaller western part belongs to Hungary. The capital of the county was Nagyvárad (now Oradea in Romania). Albrecht Dürer's father was from this county.