Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen,

Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen is an administrative. The capital of Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County is likewise in Miskolc. Of the seven statistical regions of Hungary it belongs to the area Northern Hungary. The historical comitatus got here into lifestyles in the course of the middle Ages. Borsod county belonged to the Castle of Borsod, Abauj belonged to the Castle of Ujvar and Zemplen belonged to the Castle of Zemplen nowadays in Slovakia. At this time the region of Borsod also covered the later county Torna, and Abauj additionally blanketed the later counties Saros and Heves. In the 12th century the former Abaúj comitatus changed into split into Abauj, Heves and Saros counties, whilst

Torna turned into separated from Borsod. For the subsequent hundreds of years the borders remained unchanged. About 1/3 of the regions of those counties were royal assets, the others have been ruled by way of clans, for instance the Miskóc clan after whom the metropolis of Miskolc became named. The vicinity changed into inhabited generally via fortress serfs and foreign settlers Pechenegs, Walloons, Czechs and Germans. By the twelfth century an increasing number of regions have been owned through noble families and the Church. Most of Borsod was ruled by using the Bors-Miskoc extended family, whilst Abauj become the property of the Aba extended family.