Esztergom County

Esztergom County
Comitatus Stringoniensis (Latin)
Esztergom vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Gran (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(10th century-1543, 1690-1786, 1790-1923, 1938-1945)

CapitalEsztergom
Area
 • Coordinates47°48′N 18°45′E / 47.800°N 18.750°E / 47.800; 18.750
 
• 1910
1,076 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
90,800
History 
• Established
10th century
• Ottoman conquest
1543
• County recreated
1690
• Merged into Esztergom-Komárom County
1786
• County recreated
1790
• Treaty of Trianon
20 June 1920
• Merged into Komárom-Esztergom County
1923
• County recreated (First Vienna Award)
2 November 1938
• Remerged into Komárom-Esztergom County
1945
Today part ofSlovakia
(544 km2)
Hungary
(532 km2)

Esztergom County (Latin: comitatus Stringoniensis, Hungarian: Esztergom (vár)megye, Slovak: Ostrihomský komitát / Ostrihomská stolica / Ostrihomská župa, German: Graner Gespanschaft / Komitat Gran) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated on both sides of the Danube river. Its territory is now divided between Hungary and Slovakia. The territory to the north of the Danube is part of Slovakia, while the territory to the south of the Danube is part of Hungary.