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Zemplín county shared borders with Poland (during some periods the Austrian crownland Galicia) and the Hungarian counties Sáros (ari), Abaúj-Torna (Abov-Turna), Borsod, Szabolcs and Ung. It was situated in the easternmost strip of Slovakia (except for the region between Vihorlatské vrchy and the Latorica river), plus a strip along the Bodrog and Tisza rivers in present-day Hungary. The rivers Laborec and Bodrog flowed through the county. Its area was 6269 km˛ around 1910.
Initially, the capital of the county was the Zemplín Castle , in the 13th century also Sárospatak (in Slovak: Potok, hence the alternative name of the county comitatus de Potok). Since the late Middle AgesThe Middle Ages formed the middle period in a schematic division of European history into three 'ages': Classical civilization, the Middle Ages, and Modern Civilization. It is commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire ( 5th century) until th the town of Zemplín, and finally since 1748 the capital was SátoraljaújhelySatoraljaujhely is a town in northern Hungary, and is located in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county. It is on the Slovakian border. The current mayor is Peter Szamosvolgyi. Satoraljaujhely was a settlement from the Conquest until the Tatars destroyed the town. (Slovak: Nové Mesto pod iatrom).
Zemplín is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long). (confirmed by the Treaty of TrianonVersailles, site of the signing The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, after the World War I. It was signed on June 4, 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu), the northern part of the county became part of newly formed CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu. The southern half (including SátoraljaújhelySatoraljaujhely is a town in northern Hungary, and is located in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county. It is on the Slovakian border. The current mayor is Peter Szamosvolgyi. Satoraljaujhely was a settlement from the Conquest until the Tatars destroyed the town.) stayed in Hungary as the county Zemplén.
During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, part of the Czechoslovak part of the county was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and added to the counties Zemplén and Ung. After World War II, the pre-war border was restored, and the Hungarian county Zemplén merged with the county Borsod and the Hungarian part of Abov-Turna to form the present Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, the northern part of Zemplín is part of Slovakia, Koice region and Preov region.