Torda County (,Fallenbüchl 1994, p. 153. , ) was a

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between the 11th century and 1876.

History

Kingdom of Hungary

Counties (districts formed around royal fortresses) were the basic units of royal administration in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century. The fortress initially serving as the seat of Torda County was located at a distance of about Kristó 1988, p. 92. from modern Torda (now

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), above the village Várfalva (now Moldovenești,

), on the river Aranyos (now Arieș in

).Bóna 1994, p. 163. A cemetery near the castle was used from the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. The earliest royal charter mentioning the castle is from 1075, but only its interpolated version has been preserved. The earliest authentic charter referring to the same castle is dated to 1177. Although the county itself was only first mentioned in 1227, a reference in the charter of 1075 to taxes levied on salt at the castle implies the existence of a system of administration. Reference to an unnamed '' ispán'' of Torda was preserved in a charter from 1221. The ''ispáns'' of Torda were appointed by the ''voivodes'' of Transylvania, the representative of the

kings of Hungary The King of Hungary () was the Monarchy, ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Magyarország apostoli királya'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...

in the province.Engel 1996, pp. 11., 246.

Eastern Hungarian Kingdom

Principality of Transylvania

Austria-Hungary

List of ''ispáns''

Fourteenth century

Fifteenth century

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

Nineteenth century

Footnotes

References

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