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{{Short description|Administrative district in Czechia and Slovakia}}
'''Okres''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] term meaning "district" in [[English language|English]]) refers to an administrative entity in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. The term is etymologically similar to the [[German]]: ''[[kreis]]'' ([[Old High German]]: ''kreiz''); meaning "district", "circle", or "partisan".
'''Okres''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] term meaning "district" in English; from German Kreis - circle (or perimeter)) refers to administrative entities in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. It is similar to Landkreis in Germany or "''okrug''" in other Slavic-speaking countries.


The first districts both in the Czech lands and Slovakia developed from domains in [[1850]] by decision of the imperial government of [[Austrian monarchy|Austria]] (they were also called [[Processus (Kingdom of Hungary)|processus]] (''slúžnovský okres'') in Slovakia since the [[1860s]]). The organisation and functions of the districts in the Czech lands and Slovakia started to diverge in the course of the following decades, and were finally unified only in [[1918]] with the creation of [[Czechoslovakia]]. After the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] in [[1993]], the district system was taken over by the two current successor states.
The first districts in the Czech lands developed from domains in 1850 by the decision of the Imperial government of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]. In the territory of present-day Slovakia their predecessors were districts of the [[counties of the Kingdom of Hungary]] ({{lang|sk|slúžnovský okres}} in Slovak). The organisation and functions of the districts were different in the Czech lands and Hungary. After the creation of [[Czechoslovakia]] districts became an administrative unit of the new state with a unified status. After the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] in 1993, the district system was taken over by the two current successor states.

==Equivalents==
*[[Okręg]]
*[[Okrug]]
*[[Okruhas of Ukraine|Okruha]]


It is also related to the [[Proto-Baltic]] ''*skreĩ-'' (''*skre-ja-/*skrei-ja-'')(v), ''*skri-t-a-'' (adj), ''*skreĩ-t-(-ja-)''(vt); [[Lithuanian]]: ''skriẽti'' (''/skríeti''), ''skrẽja'', ''skrē̃jō'', ''žem.'' ''skriẽja'', ''skriẽjō''("turn, move around, circulate"). ''ãpskrita'' "circular"; ''skriẽsti'' (''- čia''), ''skritulī̃ s'' "turn", "circle".
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Districts of Slovakia]] (okres)
*[[kreis]]
* [[Districts of the Czech Republic]] (okres)
*[[okrug]]
* [[Powiat]]
*[[Districts of Slovakia]] (okres)
* [[Raion]]
*[[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]])
*[[Districts of Serbia]] ([[Okruzi]])
*[[Regions of Serbia]] ([[pokrajine]])
*[[Districts of the Czech Republic]] (okres)
*[[Regions of the Czech Republic]] ([[kraj]])


===Upper-level division===
==External link==
* [[Kraj]]
* [http://www.czso.cz/lexikon/mos2003.nsf/index Map: location of every okres in the Czech Republic]
* [[Krai]]
* [[Districts of Germany|Kreis]]
* [[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]])
* [[Regions of the Czech Republic]] (kraj)


===Lower-level division===
[[Category:Districts of Slovakia| Okres]]
* [[Obec]] (subdivisions of an okres)
[[Category:Districts of the Czech Republic| Okres]]

==External links==
* [http://www.czso.cz/lexikon/mos2003.nsf/index Map: location of every ''okres'' in the Czech Republic]


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Latest revision as of 17:49, 30 June 2024

Okres (Czech and Slovak term meaning "district" in English; from German Kreis - circle (or perimeter)) refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is similar to Landkreis in Germany or "okrug" in other Slavic-speaking countries.

The first districts in the Czech lands developed from domains in 1850 by the decision of the Imperial government of Austria. In the territory of present-day Slovakia their predecessors were districts of the counties of the Kingdom of Hungary (slúžnovský okres in Slovak). The organisation and functions of the districts were different in the Czech lands and Hungary. After the creation of Czechoslovakia districts became an administrative unit of the new state with a unified status. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the district system was taken over by the two current successor states.

Equivalents

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See also

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Upper-level division

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Lower-level division

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  • Obec (subdivisions of an okres)
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