Gömör and Kishont County

Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.

It existed until the end of World War I. Gömör is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, and was already mentioned in the 11th century.

In the aftermath of World War I, most of Gömör-Kishont county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.

the towns Dobšiná and Revúca) became part of the new Hron county (Pohronská župa).

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Gömör-Kishont county were: Putnok is now in Hungary; all other named towns are now in Slovakia.

Map of Gömör-Kishont county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)
Map of Gömör-Kishont, 1891.
Former county of Gömör-Kishont superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia.
Borsod (10) and Gömör-Kishont (9) counties after the Treaty of Trianon. In 1923, the two counties were merged to form Borsod-Gömör County. (6) Nógrád County (7) territory assigned from Gömör-Kishont County to Nógrád County in 1921. (8) territory assigned from Gömör-Kishont County to Borsod County in 1938. (11) the city of Miskolc (urban county).
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
Main Square, Rimavská Sobota