village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the
Rožňava District
Rožňava District (''okres Rožňava'') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Gömör és Kishont, apart from the area in the south-east around ...
in the
Košice Region
The Košice Region ( sk, Košický kraj, , hu, Kassai kerület; uk, Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It ...
of eastern
Slovakia
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.
History
In
historical records
Historical Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1965 by Arnold S. Caplin.
Historical Records re-issued rare blues, gospel, jazz and country recordings of the 1920s.
See also
* List of record labels
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the village was first mentioned in 1291. Before the establishment of independent
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephe ...
. From 1938 to 1945, it was again part of
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
as a result of the
First Vienna Award
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.
Geography
The
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
lies at an
altitude
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of 200 metres and covers an
area
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of 15.382 km2.
It has a
population
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of about 480 people.
Culture
The village has a small public
library
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The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Kosice, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1825-1896 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1805-1908 (parish B)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1792-1904 (parish B)