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'''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]]. |
'''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). |
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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 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. |
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Revision as of 15:01, 13 July 2010
Okres (Czech and Slovak term meaning "County" in English; from Old Slavic окрьсть - around) refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Compare to the Template:Lang-ru - okrestnost and the Template:Lang-pl, meaning bordering area(s).
The first counties, both in the Czech lands and Slovakia, developed from domains in 1850 by decision of the imperial government of Austria (they've also been called 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.
See also
- 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
- Powiat
- Okrug
External links
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