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Trencin CountyTrenčn county (in Latin: comitatus Trentsiniensis/Trenchiniensis, in Hungarian Trencsn (vr)megye, in Slovak Trenčiansky komitt/ Trenčianska stolica/ Trenčianska župa, in German Trentschiner Gespanschaft/Komitat) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Slovakia. Geography Trenčn county shared borders with the Austrian lands Moravia and Galicia and the Hungarian counties rva (Orava), Turc (Turiec), Nyitra (Nitra). The county's territory was a strip in the extreme northwestern edge of present-day Slovakia, i. e. the territory between the Czech border, the town of Nov Mesto nad Vhom, the Turiec county, the Orava county and the Polish border. The river Vh flowed through the county. Its area was 4456 km² around 1910. Capitals The capital of Trenčn county was the Trencin Castle, and from around 1650 the town of Trenčn. History A predecessor of the Trenčn county existed already in the 9th century at the time of Great Moravia. In the 10th and 11th century it was probably temporarily part of Bohemia and then temporarily of Poland (castellania Trecen). The Trenčn county as a Hungarian comitatus arose at the end of the 11th century, when most parts of the territory were conquered by the Kingdom of Hungary. When Slovakia became part of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the Trenčn county (Trenčianska župa) continued to exist till 1922, but it had completely different powers etc. When Slovakia became independent temporarily between 1939 and 1945, the Trenčn county (Trenčianska župa) was created again in 1940, but its territory was slightly extended. After World War II Trenčn county was in Czechoslovakia again. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was split and Trenčn became part of Slovakia. The name "Trenčn county" is also used erronously to designate the Trenčn Region (Trenčiansky kraj) which was created in 1948. Districts In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were: Urban district:
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