Esztergom County

Esztergom County
*Comitatus Stringoniensis* (Latin)
*Esztergom vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Gran* (German)
Esztergom County Comitatus Stringoniensis (Latin); Esztergom vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Gran (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (10th century-1543, 1690-1786, 1790-1923, 1938-1945)
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Capital	Esztergom
Area
• Coordinates	47°48′N 18°45′E
• 1910	1,076 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	90,800
History
• Established	10th century
• Ottoman conquest	1543
• County recreated	1690
• Merged into Esztergom-Komárom County	1786
• County recreated	1790
• Treaty of Trianon	20 June 1920
• Merged into Komárom-Esztergom County	1923
• County recreated (First Vienna Award)	2 November 1938
• Remerged into Komárom-Esztergom County	1945
Today part of	Slovakia; (544 km2); Hungary; (532 km2)

Esztergom County (Latin: comitatus Stringoniensis, Hungarian: Esztergom (vár)megye, Slovak: Ostrihomský komitát / Ostrihomská stolica / Ostrihomská župa, German: Graner Gespanschaft / Komitat Gran) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated on both sides of the Danube river. Its territory is now divided between Hungary and Slovakia. The territory to the north of the Danube is part of Slovakia, while the territory to the south of the Danube is part of Hungary.

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