Bars County

Bars (Latin: comitatus Barsiensis, Hungarian: Bars, Slovak: Tekov, German: Barsch) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central and southern Slovakia. Today in Slovakia, Tekov is the informal designation of the corresponding territory.

Bars County
Comitatus Barsiensis (Latin)
Bars vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Bars (German)
Tekovská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920
Coat of arms

CapitalBars;
Léva (1321–1580);
Kis-Tapolcsan (1580–1735)
Aranyosmarót (1735–1920)
Area
 • Coordinates48°23′N 18°24′E
 
• 1910
2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
178,500
History 
• Established
11th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofSlovakia
Starý Tekov; Levice; Topoľčianky; Zlaté Moravce are the current name of the capital.
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