Novohrad Museum And Gallery
Novohrad may refer to: * Nógrád County (former), Kingdom of Hungary * Zviahel Zviahel (, ; ) is a city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, ...

Nógrád County (former)
Nógrád (Hungarian language, Hungarian; , or ', ) was an administrative county (') of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between Hungary and Slovakia. The name ' is still used in Slovakia as an informal designation of the corresponding territory. The name is derived from the former castle in Hungary. Geography In 1910, Nógrád county shared borders with the counties of Hont County, Hont, Zólyom county, Zólyom, Gömör-Kishont, Heves County (former), Heves and Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun. It was situated approximately along the line Poltár, Losonc (today Lučenec), Szécsény and Vác. The river Ipeľ, Ipoly (Slovak: Ipeľ) flowed through the county. Its area was 4,133 km2 around 1910. Capitals The capital of the county was Balassagyarmat, except for the 18th century, when the capital was Lučenec, Losonc. History Nógrád was one of the first counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, founded in the 11th century. Large part of its territory was ruled by the O ...
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