Regions of Slovakia - Before 1949

Before 1949

Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into counties (Slovak: župy or stolice). This was the case when present-day Slovakia was part of:

• Great Moravia (cca. 9th century)
• the Kingdom of Hungary (cca. 11th / 12th century – 1918)
• Czechoslovakia (the župy existed 1918 – 1928)
• the WWII Slovak Republic (the župy existed 1940 – 1945)

In 1928–1939 (and formally also 1945–1948) Slovakia as a whole formed the administrative unit "Slovak land" (Krajina slovenská) within Czechoslovakia.