Novohrad

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Novohrad (in German: Neuburg or Neograd, in Hungarian: N?r?) is the name of a historic administrative county in southern Slovakia (and in northern present-day Hungary) from a time when Slovakia was part of Hungary.

The name stems from the former N?r? (Novohrad) castle in present-day Hungary. Today in Slovakia only an informal designation of the corresponding territory. Situated approximately along the line Polt?, Lučenec, Sz?z?y and V?.