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 Varaždin (former county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Varaždin (in Croatian) or Varasd (in Hungarian) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary.
Varasd county, like the rest of Croatia, became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century, and within it part of the Habsburg Monarchy since 1526.
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of the county Varasd were:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Varasd   (198 words)

  
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In this list the land of the Tóts was named alongside Croatia, Bosnia and Dalmatia and this is proof that, in the Middle Ages, the land of the Tóts was a territory neighboring the above territories.
The populace of the country of the Tóts -- Zágráb, Kőrös, Varasd, were mainly Slavonians, or descendants of the Pannon-Slavs from the time of the Second Homecoming.
These people were also forced to flee toward the north, because of the large numbers of Croatians who entered their territory and settled among them.
www.magtudin.org /slovaks.htm   (4742 words)

  
 Administrative atlas of Hungary 1914
Administratively it belonged to Martijanec political settlement in Ludbregi region of Varaždin (Varasd) county and had 1320 inhabitants in 1910.
Administratively it was a political settlement in Ludbregi region of Varaždin (Varasd) county and had 4785 inhabitants in the taxation settlements administratively connected to it and in other inhabited areas in 1910.
Out of total number of inhabitants, 16 people avowed himself/herself to be Hungarian, 8 people to be German and 4725 people to be Croatian, while rest of the inhabitants belonged to other ethnic groups.
lazarus.elte.hu /gb/dolgozo/zentail/talma/1914-bev.htm   (1370 words)

  
 Government Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The three counties considered as the central point of the country, Zágráb (Zagreb), Varasd (Varaždin), and Belovár-Körös (Bjelovar-Križevci), were alternatively under Frank, Croatian and Hungarian authority.
Thus, already by 1921, the urban Hungarian population (Zagreb, Varasd, Zimony) fell to one-fourth of its previous size, and the rural Hungarian population to over one-third — with a total of only 70,000 ethnic Hungarians left.
It was primarily the urban population, threatened the most in its financial existence as a result of the post-World War I changes - intellectuals, officials, state and railroad employees - which changed its ethnic identity or moved to Hungary.
www.htmh.gov.hu /en/?menuid=0403   (4806 words)

  
 WARASDIN (Hungarian, V... - Online Information article about WARASDIN (Hungarian, V...
WARASDIN (Hungarian, Varasd; Croatian, Varaz'din), a royal See also:
Bad or Toplitz, known to the See also:
End of Article: WARASDIN (Hungarian, Varasd; Croatian, Varaz'din)
encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/WARASDIN_Hungarian_Varasd_Croat.html   (225 words)

  
 The Budapest Sun Online - Story page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Such challenges were in direct conflict with the Hungarian Kingdom, since Croatia had for centuries been a Hungarian dominion.
One year later, Frangepán too fell in another battle against the Turks at Varasd in Croatia.
Only 36 years before, Hungary was the strongest Central-European power under our King Matthias I, known as Matthias Corvinus.
www.budapestsun.com /full_story.asp?ArticleID={AA398510C0DD40ACA01F2CB1D3E6428A}&From=News   (1396 words)

  
 Henry Bogdan - From Warsaw To Sofia
Fortresses were accordingly built at Trencsen, Kesmark, and Beszterce.
Bela himself saw to the fortification of the free royal cities of Buda, Visegrad, Pozsony, and Varasd.
Another consequence of the Tartar invasion was the void left on the plains of the western banks of the Lower Danube.
www.hungarianhistory.com /lib/bogdan/bogdan04.htm   (3924 words)

  
 The Fall of The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohacs 1526 - Buda 1541
Although the Turkish chronicler Ferdi writesthat the messenger bearing the news caught up with the sultan onlyaround October 5, in the neighborhood of Eszek, this must be amistake.
[261] We know for certain that after departing from Koszegthe Ottoman army broke into Syria and then marched homeward, by way of Varasd and Pozsega; in other words, Eszek was not evenon its way.
Apart from this mistake, Ferdi's communication soundsreliable, for he describes we]l the great importance Suleyman attached to Choron.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/warso/warso16.htm   (3625 words)

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