A közigazgatási térszerkezet változásai a Barcaságban, 1876-tól napjainkig
Changes in the administrative spatial structure in Barcaság/Burzenland/Ţara Bârsei from 1876 to the present day

Summary/Abstract: Barcaság/Burzenland/Ţara Bârsei is a historical and ethnographic geographical unit area located on the border of the Eastern- and Southern Carpathians, in the Carpathian Bend, bordered by mountain ranges.The area, mentioned in written sources as early as in 1211 is located in the south-eastern part of Transylvania, in the geographical centre of Romania. The system of Transylvanian counties, Székely and Saxon seats and regions, established by the 14th century, existed, with two short interruptions, up until 1876. The „traditional” public admin-istration was reorganized in the Habs-burg era, between 1784–1790 and 1850–1860, in accordance with the empire's centralization aspirations. The system of counties, seats, and regions in Hungary was permanently abolished in 1876. The civil administration, established at that time, was organized at settlement- district county level. Despite the political, social and border changes after World War I, during World War II and after World War II, the „county sys-tem” operated in Transylvania until 1950. Between 1950–1968, Sovietstyle spatial organization was used in Romania, in 1968, new counties were established. Spatial division organized at settlement/commune and the county level is still in force in Romania today. This study summarizes the geographical features of the Burzenland/Barcaság public administration from 1876 to the present day.

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