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Batschka-Torontal District | |||||||||||||||||
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district of theVoivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar | |||||||||||||||||
1849–1850 | |||||||||||||||||
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Capital | not specified | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1849 | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1850 | ||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Serbia,Romania,Hungary,Croatia |
Batschka-Torontal District (Serbian:Bačko-torontalski okrug orБачко-торонталски округ;German:Bezirk Batschka-Torontal;[citation needed]Hungarian:Bács-Torontáli körzet;Romanian:Districtul Bacica-Torontal;Croatian:Bačko-torontalski okrug) was one of two original administrative districts of theVoivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (a crown land withinAustrian Empire). It existed from 1849 to 1850.
The crown landVoivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar was formed in 1849 and was initially divided into two districts: Batschka-Torontal andTemeschwar-Karasch.
In 1850, crown land was divided into five districts and the territory of Batschka-Torontal District was divided amongNeusatz District,Zombor District andGroßbetschkerek District.
The Batschka-Torontal District included most ofBačka (excludingŠajkaška region), north-westernBanat and northernSyrmia. It shared borders withTemeschwar-Karasch District in the east, theBanat Military Frontier in the south,Kingdom of Slavonia (Osijek/Essek County) in the southwest, and theKingdom of Hungary in the north and west (all parts of theAustrian Empire).
According to 1850 census, the population of the district numbered 1,002,013 residents, including:[1]
Main cities and towns in the district were:
Most of the mentioned cities and towns are today inSerbia, while town ofFrankenstadt (Baja) is today inHungary.