Hajdúság

Location of Hajdúság as one of 35 mesoregions in physical geography of Hungary

Hajdúság is a historical and geographical region in Hungary, located in the Great Hungarian Plain around Debrecen. It consists of six hajdú towns (Hungarian: hajdúvárosok), named Hajdúböszörmény, Hajdúdorog, Hajdúnánás, Hajdúhadház, Hajdúszoboszló and Vámospércs.

History

The region was established by István Bocskai in the 17th century, who invited Hajdús to his domains. Hajdús were Hungarian mercenary soldiers, mercantiles and cattle drovers in the Great Hungarian Plain, during the Ottoman wartimes Hungarian peasants also joined to the group. After settling down they got collective nobility. It was an autonomous region (Hungarian: Hajdúkerület, means "Hajdú District") until 1876 when it became part of Hajdú County (now Hajdú-Bihar County).

References

• Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, ISBN 963 243 241 X, p. 860, pp. 477-478

Geographical regions of Hungary
West-Hungarian Borderland Alpokalja Kőszeg Mountains Sopron Mountains Vas Hills Balfi Hills Little Hungarian Plain Hanság Fertőzug Neusiedl Basin Rábaköz Szigetköz Marcali Basin Moson Plain Komárom-Esztergom Plain Transdanubia Baranya Zala Hills Inner Somogy Outer Somogy Zselic Völgység Szekszárd Hills Baranya Hills Villány Mountains
Transdanubian Mountains	Keszthely Mountains Tapolca Basin Balaton Uplands Bakony Bakonyalja Sokoró Vértesalja Velence Mountains Gerecse Mountains Buda Mountains Pilis Mountains Visegrád Mountains Vértes Mountains
Transdanubian Hills	Mecsek Outer Somogy Inner Somogy Tolna-Baranya Hills Balaton Basin
North Hungarian Mountains	Börzsöny Cserhát Mátra Mátralába Bükk Zemplén Mountains
Great Hungarian Plain	Bácska Bánát Mezőföld Sárrét Sárköz Drávamellék Kunság Kiskunság Jászság Pest Plain Heves Plain Borsodi-Mezőség Bodrogköz Tiszahát Szatmár Plain Maros-Körös köze Körös-vidék Nagykunság Hortobágy Hajdúság Nyírség Tiszántúl