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In Hungarian, it is known as Hunyad megye, in German as Kreis Hunedoara, and in Slovak as Huňadská župa. The county got its name from the city of Hunedoara (Hungarian: Vajdahunyad), which is the Romanian transliteration of the Hungarian Hunyadvár (lit. ' Castle of Hunyad ', archaic: Hwnyadwar), old name of the municipality.
Hunedoara (Romanian: [huneˈdo̯ara] ⓘ; German: Eisenmarkt; Hungarian: Vajdahunyad [ˈvɒjdɒhuɲɒd] ⓘ) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania.It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (Bós), Groș (Grós), Hășdat (Hosdát; Hochstätten), Peștișu Mare (Alpestes), and Răcăștia (Rákosd).
Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the county was Déva (present-day Deva).
Deva (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ; Hungarian: Déva, Hungarian pronunciation: ; German: Diemrich, Schlossberg, Denburg; Latin: Sargetia; [3] is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, on the left bank of the river Mureș. It is the capital of Hunedoara County.
The current system of counties has evolved from medieval fiefdoms of the Kingdom of Hungary; each fiefdom was ruled from a castle (Hungarian: vár). Between 1950 and 2022, the counties of Hungary were officially called megyék (singular: megye). On 1 January 2023, the original historical name vármegye was officially restored.
Tourist attractions in Hunedoara County (3 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Hunedoara County" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.