Háromszék

Háromszék (Hungarian, in Romanian: Trei Scaune) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sfântu Gheorghe (Romanian, Sepsiszentgyörgy in Hungarian).

Geography

Háromszék county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flows through the county. The Carpathian Mountains form its southern and eastern border. Its area was 3889 km² around 1910.

History

Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székely: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Sepsi, capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Hungarian: Sepsiszentgyörgy)
• Kézdi, capital Târgu Secuiesc (Hungarian: Kézdivásárhely)
• Orbai, capital Covasna (Hungarian: Kovászna)
• Micloşoara, capital Aita Mare (Hungarian: Miklósvár and Nagyajta)

Urban district:

• Sfântu Gheorghe (Hungarian: Sepsiszentgyörgy)
• Târgu Secuiesc (Hungarian: Kézdivásárhely)