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Gömör and Kishont County

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Gömör-Kishont ( Hungarian : Gömör és Kishont , Slovak : Gemer a Malohont , German: Gemer und Kleinhont ) was an administrative county ( comitatus ) of the Kingdom of Hungary . Its capital was Rimaszombat (present-day Rimavská Sobota ). Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia , while a smaller part belongs to Hungary .

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5-573: Around 1910, Gömör-Kishont county shared borders with the counties Zólyom , Liptó , Szepes , Abaúj-Torna , Borsod , Heves and Nógrád . It was situated in the Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység (present-day Slovak Ore Mountains ) approximately between the present-day Slovak-Hungarian border, the towns Poltár and Rozsnyó (present-day Rožňava ) and the Low Tatras (Hungarian: Alacsony-Tátra, Slovak: Nízke Tatry). The river Sajó flowed through

10-677: The county was merged into Borsod-Gömör County. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, Gemer and Malohont have been part of Slovakia , and since 1996 divided between the Košice region and the Banská Bystrica region . In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Gömör-Kishont county were: Putnok is now in Hungary; all other named towns are now in Slovakia. Lipt%C3%B3 (county) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

15-746: The county was part of the Slovak Land ( Slovenská krajina/zem ). Following the provisions of the First Vienna Award , most of the Czechoslovak part became part of Hungary again in November 1938. The Gömör-Kishont county was recreated. The small northernmost part that remained in Slovak hands (a.o. the towns Dobšiná and Revúca ) became part of the new Hron county ( Pohronská župa ). The Trianon borders were restored after World War II and

20-527: The county. Its area was 4,279 km² around 1910. The county Gömör-Kishont was a combination of the counties Gömör and Kishont formed in 1802. It existed until the end of World War I . Gömör is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, and was already mentioned in the 11th century. Kishont is the territory approximately between the towns Tiszolc (present-day Tisovec ) and Rimaszombat (present-day Rimavská Sobota ). Counties of Gömör and Kishont

25-467: Was part of Ottoman Empire between 1541–1595 and 1596–1686. In the aftermath of World War I, most of Gömör-Kishont county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon . The area around Putnok became part of the newly formed Hungarian county Borsod-Gömör-Kishont (currently part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ) in 1923. The Czechoslovak part of

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