Ugocsa
Ugocsa is the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus) of the
Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western
Romania (1/4) and western
Ukraine (3/4). The capital of the county was Nagyszőllős (
Vynohradiv Ukrainian,
Sevlush in Rusyn,
Vinogradov in Russian).
Geography
Ugocsa county shared borders with the Hungarian counties
Máramaros,
Szatmár and
Bereg. It was situated on both sides of the river
Tisza. Its area was 1208
km² around 1910.
History
In
1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county (including Nagyszőllős) became part of newly formed
Czechoslovakia. The southern part (including Halmi,
Halmeu in Romanian language) became part of
Romania.
During
World War II, the Czechoslovak part was occupied by Hungary under the
First Vienna Award. The county Ugocsa was recreated, again with Nagyszőllős (Vynohradiv) as capital.
After World War II, the formerly Czechoslovak part of Ugocsa county became part of the
Soviet Union,
Ukrainian SSR,
Zakarpattia Oblast. Since
1991, when the
Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattia Oblast is part of
Ukraine.
The southern part of the county is now part of the
Romanian county
Satu Mare.
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Ugocsa county were:
Vynohradiv is presently in
Ukraine,
Halmeu is presently in
Romania.
