Corpus separatum (Fiume)

City of Fiume and its District
Fiume város és kerülete (Hungarian)
Stadt Fiume mit Gebiet (German)
Città di Fiume e dintorni (Italian)
Grad Rijeka i okolica (Croatian)
1779–1918
Flag of Fiume
Flag
of Fiume
Coat of arms
Motto: Indeficienter (Latin)
Inexhaustible
(without deficiency)
Territory of the corpus separatum before 1918
Territory of the corpus separatum before 1918
StatusCorpus separatum of the Kingdom of Hungary
Part of the Illyrian Provinces (1809–1816) and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1822)
Part of the Kingdom of Croatia (1849–1868)
CapitalFiume (Rijeka)
Common languages
Religion
Governor 
• 1779–1783
József Majláth
• 1917–1918
Zoltán Jekelfalussy
Historical era
• Established[1]
23 April 1779
5 April – 17 October 1797
3 October 1805 – 1806
31 August 1848
17 November 1868
29 October 1918
4 June 1920
Area
1869[2]19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
1880[2]19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
1890[3]19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
1900[4]21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
1910[5]21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1869[2]
17,884
• 1880[2]
20,981
• 1890[3]
29,494
• 1900[4]
38,057
• 1910[5]
49,608
CurrencyGulden
(1779–1892)
Krone
(1892–1918)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)
Italian Regency of Carnaro
Today part ofCroatia

Corpus separatum, a Latin term meaning "separated body", refers to the status of the City of Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia) while given a special legal and political status different from its environment under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary. Formally known as City of Fiume and its District (Hungarian: Fiume város és kerülete[6]), it was instituted by Empress Maria Theresa in 1779, determining the semi-autonomous status of Fiume within the Habsburg monarchy until the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Croatia – Fiume". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b Magyar statistikai évkönyv (in Hungarian). Budapest: Országos Magyar Királyi Statistikai Hivatal. 1893. p. 17.
  3. ^ Jekelfalussy, József (1892). A Magyar Korona Országainak Helységnévtára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Országos Magyar Királyi Statisztikai Hivatal. p. 1126.
  4. ^ Magyar statisztikai évkönyv (in Hungarian). Budapest: Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal. 1900. p. 12.
  5. ^ A Magyar Szent Korona Országainak Helységnévtára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal. 1913. p. 584.
  6. ^ See for example Act XIX of 1836, Act XXX of 1868, Act IX of 1901, Act XVII of 1911, Statistical Yearbooks of Hungary (1885–1910)[permanent dead link], "1910 Census of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen". Retrieved 9 September 2012.