Hajdúság is a historical and geographical region in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

, located in the

Great Hungarian Plain The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, hu, Alföld or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain. (However, the Great Hungarian plain ...

around

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...

. It consists of six ''hajdú towns'' ( hu, hajdúvárosok), named

Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúböszörmény is a town in northeastern Hungary with a population of approximately 30,000 people. History It is also known as a famous college town with an excellent academic atmosphere, as it is home to one of the faculties of the world's ...

, Hajdúdorog,

Hajdúnánás Hajdúnánás is a town in Hajdú-Bihar County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 17,172 people (2015). Racetrack On 21 June 2020, it was confirmed that Hungary will bui ...

Hajdúhadház Hajdúhadház is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 12,724 people (2015). Twin towns – sister cities Hajdúhadház is twinned with: ...

, Hajdúszoboszló and Vámospércs.

History

The region was established by István Bocskai in the 17th century, who invited Hajdús to his domains. Hajdús were Hungarian

mercenary A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any ...

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s, mercantiles and cattle drovers in the

, during the Ottoman wartimes Hungarian peasants also joined to the group. After settling down they got collective

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The character ...

. It was an autonomous region ( hu, Hajdúkerület, means "Hajdú District") until 1876 when it became part of

Hajdú County Hajdú, formerly known as Hajdúság, was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdú-Bihar. Geography Hajdú coun ...

(now

Hajdú-Bihar County Hajdú-Bihar ( hu, Hajdú-Bihar megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nag ...

References

*Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 477–478 Historical regions in Hungary Geography of Hungary Geography of Hajdú-Bihar County {{Hungary-geo-stub