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GemerGemer (in Latin: Gmrinum, in German: Gemer or Gmr, in Hungarian: Gmr) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 19th century, and in the beginning of the 20th century, it was united with the Malohont region to form Gemer-Malohont county (in Hungarian: Gmr-Kishont). Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary. Today Gemer is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory. Geography Gemer-Malohont county shared borders with the counties Zlyom (Zvolen), Lipt (Liptov), Szepes (Spiš), Abaj-Torna (Abov-Turňa), Borsod, Heves and Ngrd. It was situated in Slovensk rudohorie approximately between the present-day Slovak-Hungarian border, the towns Poltr and Rožňava and the Low Tatras (Nzke Tatry). The river Slan flowed through the county. Its area was 4289 km² around 1910. Capitals The capital of Gemer was the Gemer Castle, and from the early 18th century Plešivec. The capital after the addition of Malohont was Rimavsk Sobota. History Gemer is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. The territory approximately between the towns Tisovec and Rimavsk Sobota, called Malohont (Hungarian: Kishont), was added only in the years 1786-1802, and the county was called Gemer a Malohont (Gmr s Kishont) since. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, except a very small region around Putnok, which became part of the Hungarian county Borsod-Gmr-Kishont (presently Borsod-Abaj-Zempln). The Czechoslovakian part of the county was part of the Slovak Land (Slovensk krajina/zem). During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, most of the county was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and the Gmr-Kishont county was recreated. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, Gemer-Malohont is part of Slovakia, Košice region. Districts In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were: Urban districts: All the named towns are presently in Slovakia. See also: List of traditional regions of Slovakia
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