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Szepes County

Szepes County
Comitatus Scepusiensis  (Latin)
Szepes vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Zips  (German)
Spišská župa  (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920

Coat of arms of Szepes

Coat of arms

Location of Szepes
Capital Lőcse
49°1′N 20°35′E / 49.017°N 20.583°E / 49.017; 20.583Coordinates: 49°1′N 20°35′E / 49.017°N 20.583°E / 49.017; 20.583
History
 •  Established 11th century
 •  Treaty of Trianon 4 June 1920
Area
 •  1910 3,654 km2(1,411 sq mi)
Population
 •  1910 172,900 
Density 47.3 /km2  (122.6 /sq mi)
Today part of Slovakia, Poland
Levoča is the current name of the capital.

Coat of arms of Szepes

Coat of arms

Szepes (Slovak: Spiš; Latin: Scepusium, Polish: Spisz, German: Zips) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. It's territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small area in southeastern Poland. For the current region, see Spiš.

Szepes county shared borders with Poland and with the counties as follows: Liptó, Gömör, Abaúj and Sáros. After the late 18th century dismemberment of Poland, the border was with the Austrian province of Galicia. Its area was 3,668 km² in 1910. The county became part of Czechoslovakia, apart from a very small area now in Poland, after World War I, and is now part of Slovakia (and Poland).

The original seat of government of Szepes county was Spiš Castle (Hungarian: Szepesi vár), which was constructed in the 12th century. Unofficially from the 14th century, and officially from the 16th century, until 1918 the capital of the county was Lőcse (present-day Levoča).


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