A Kárpát-medence államosodási folyamatainak változásai és történeti földrajzi elemzésük
The Geo-Historical Study of the Changes in the State-Building Processes in the Carpathian Basin

Summary/Abstract: The study surveys the state-building processes of the Carpathian Basin, and the approaches of historical geography in this field, with special attention to the presence of Hungarians in the region from 895 to present. There is a constant reminder in the course of this study that the basin as a geographical entity and the historical-political relationship with this geographical space have always been present in the state-building processes in the Carpathian Basin. The awareness of the basin as geographical space and some kind of geographical study and interpretation of the Carpathian Mountains as boundary appear in every study of historical geography. The area of modernisation was significantly greater than the territory of present-day Hungary and successor states. Between 1867 and 1918 the most significant framework of modernisation processes was the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. At the same time historical Hungary had an important role as an area of partial integration. Following the fragmentation in 1920, the possibility of uniform political development was lost, even in times when the majority of the region was under German influence during World War II, and Russian rule between 1945 and 1990. The European Union brings new opportunities and challenges into the long-term development of the Carpathian Basin. In this ever-changing scene, future developments will resolve whether it is integration or adaptation to the surrounding environment that will become dominant.

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