Küküllő County

Küküllő County (Hungarian: Küküllő vármegye; Romanian: Comitatul Târnava; German: Komitat Kokelburg) was a county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Located in the Transylvania region between the rivers Maros (Mureș) and Nagy-Küküllő (Târnava Mare), it existed from the 11th century until 1876, when it was split off into Kis-Küküllő County and Nagy-Küküllő County. Its capital was Küküllővár (German: Kokelburg, Romanian: Cetatea de Baltă).[1]

Counties of Transylvania in the 17th century; Küküllő County is in the center, colored in darker brown

Notes
  1. (in Hungarian) "Küküllő vármegye" in the Magyar Katolikus Lexikon

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