Lippa (present-day Lipova) became the most prosperous settlement in the early : the tax payable by the local priest to the Holy See between 1333 and 1335 (266 dinars) was almost ten times higher than the average tax collected in other parishes. The Slavs of the district of Lipova were converted into Catholicism in the middle of the century, according to John of Küküllő's contemporaneous chronicle. The earliest Romanian place name in the countyCaprewar'' (now Căprioara)was recorded in a list of the estates of the Telegdis which was completed in 1337. Modern Times In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon assigned most of the territory of Arad county to Romania, except for a small area south of Békéscsaba, which became part of the newly-formed Hungarian county of Csanád-Arad-Torontál in 1923. At the end of World War II, the Hungarian part of Arad county was merged into the recreated Csanád county, but in 1950 that county was split and its territory became part of Békés County. The rest of the county is now part of the Arad County in Romania. This county also contains parts of the former counties Temes and Krassó-Szörény. Demographics Subdivisions In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Arad county were: Elek is now in Hungary. All the other towns mentioned are in Romania. List of ispáns Middle Ages Habsburg rule Clickable map of the Arad County, 1782–85 Notes References Sources States and territories established in 1741 States and territories disestablished in 1552 States and territories disestablished in 1920 States and territories disestablished in 1923 Banat Crișana Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary