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{{Short description|Administrative district in Czechia and Slovakia}}
'''Okres''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] term meaning "County" in [[English language|English]]; from Old Slavic окрьсть - around) refers to administrative entities in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. Compare to the {{lang-ru|окрестность}} - ''okrestnost'' and the {{lang-pl|kresy}}, meaning bordering area(s).
'''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 counties, both in the Czech lands and Slovakia, developed from domains in 1850 by decision of the imperial government of [[Austrian monarchy|Austria]] (they've also been called [[Processus (Kingdom of Hungary)|processus]] (''slúžnovský okres'') in Slovakia since the 1860s). The organisation and functions of the counties in 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 county 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.


==See also==
==Equivalents==
*[[Counties of Slovakia]] (okres)
*[[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]])
*[[Counties of the Czech Republic]] (okres)
*[[Regions of the Czech Republic]] ([[kraj]])
*[[Obec]] (subdivisions of an okres)
*[[Kreis]]
*[[Krai]]
*[[Okręg]]
*[[Okręg]]
*[[Powiat]]
*[[Okrug]]
*[[Okrug]]
*[[Okruhas of Ukraine|Okruha]]


==External links==
==See also==
* [[Districts of Slovakia]] (okres)
* [http://www.czso.cz/lexikon/mos2003.nsf/index Map: location of every okres in the Czech Republic]
* [[Districts of the Czech Republic]] (okres)
* [[Powiat]]
* [[Raion]]


===Upper-level division===
{{Slavic terms for country subdivisions}}
* [[Kraj]]

* [[Krai]]
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* [[Districts of Germany|Kreis]]
* [[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]])
* [[Regions of the Czech Republic]] (kraj)


===Lower-level division===
* [[Obec]] (subdivisions of an 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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Lower-level division

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  • Obec (subdivisions of an okres)
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