Ținutul Crișuri


Ținutul Crișuri was one of the ten ținuturi of Romania, founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration. It comprised parts of Transylvania, and included the entire regions of Crișana and Maramureș. It was named after the rivers Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede; its capital was the city of Cluj. Ținutul Crișuri ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to Hungary in 1940.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is composed of 7 sinister bends, 4 of gules and 3 of azure, representing the former seven counties of the Greater Romania it included. Over the mirror bends there is a sable aurochs head.

Former counties incorporated

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the older 71 counties lost their authority.
In 1939 Turda County was ceded to Ținutul Mureș in exchange for Năsăud County.