Former Hungarian Counties with their former important cities and their present locations

by Jared Seuss, Jun 1983

The former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was divided after World War I. The consequence of the Treaty of Trianon following World War I, was that Hungarian property was reduced to one-third of her pre-war geographic area. Hungarian territories were allotted to Austria (Burgenland area) Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), Romania (including the former Transylvania), and Yugoslavia.

After World War II, some of the territory which had been given to Czechoslovakia (the Ruthenian area) was taken over by the Ukraine, USSR. Thereafter, the researcher needs to bear in mind that in cases where an ancestral line is said to extend into Hungary, it may mean the old historical Hungary. He may have to do his research not only in present-day Hungary, but also in any of the above-listed countries.

[Editor's Note: in 1983 Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were still undivided. I have replaced Czechoslovakia with Slovakia in the below entries, but I haven't changed Yugoslavia. Perhaps later we can go back and specify the modern country for those designated as Yugoslavia. I also replaced Rumania with Romania.]