Tolna County (former)

Tolna County
Comitatus Tolnensis (Latin)
Tolna vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Tolnau (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(11th century-1543, 1696-1946)
Coat of arms

CapitalTolnavár; Szekszárd (1779-1946)
Area
 • Coordinates46°21′N 18°42′E / 46.350°N 18.700°E / 46.350; 18.700
 
• 1910
3,537 km2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
267,300
History 
• Established
11th century
• Ottoman conquest
1543
• County recreated
1696
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary

Tolna (Latin: Comitatus Tolnensis) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Tolnavár and later Szekszárd.

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