The County of Bratislava
The County of Bratislava

Summary/Abstract: The County of Bratislava had its castle district (hradský obvod, hradský vidiek, vármegye) and castle demesne (hradská župa, hradské španstvo, várispanság). The castle demesne was the castle property, where its castrenses and iobagiones lived. The territory of the Bratislava castle district had three districts: Podhorie, Medzivodie and Čalov (Ostrov – the Island). Three small counties were also subject to the Sheriff of Bratislava: The County of Stupava consisted of the southern tip of Záhorie. It was dissolved when the king granted Stupava, Devín and the rest of the County of Stupava to the Austrian Count Ruger of Tallesbrunn, probably in 1296. The County of Šaštín or later Holíč included the greater part of Záhorie. In 1296, King Andrew III granted the County of Holíč, or to be more exact its demesne to the deputy sheriff (podžupan) of Bratislava Abraham Rufus. The County of Šintava did not have a castle district, but only a small and very scattered demesne. The Sheriff of Šintava Truslef died in 1261 and the king gave Šintava Castle and its whole county to Truslef’s brother Leopold.

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