Abaúj-Torna County

Abaúj-Torna County
Comitatus Abaujvariensis et Tornensis (Latin)
Abaúj-Torna vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Abaúj-Torna (German)
Abovsko-turnianska župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1850–1860
1881–1945
Coat of arms

CapitalKassa;
Szikszó (1920-1938)
Area 
• 1910
3,223 km2 (1,244 sq mi)
• 1930
1,672 km2 (646 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
202,288
• 1930
91,428
History 
• First establishment
13 September 1850
• Traditional counties of Hungary restored
October 1860
• Re-established
1881
4 June 1920
2 November 1938
• Pre-WWII partition restored; Hungarian part renamed Abaúj County
1945
• Treaty of Paris; pre-war border formally restored
10 February 1947
Today part ofHungary
(1,672 km2)
Slovakia
(1,551 km2)
Košice is the current name of the capital.

Abaúj-Torna (Slovak: Abov-Turňa, German: Abaujwar-Tornau, Latin: comitatus Abaujvar-Tornensis) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Kassa (present-day Košice). Its territory is now divided between Hungary and Slovakia.

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