Hejce is a village in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county,
Hungary
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. It is one of the oldest settlements in Hungary, mentioned in records from 1009, when king
Stephen I Stephen I may refer to:
*Pope Stephen I, Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257
*Stephen I of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch from 342 to 344
*Stephen I of Iberia (died 627), of the Guaramid Dynasty, presiding prince of Iberia from c. 590 to 627
*Ecumenical ...
granted it to the episcopate of
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...
. Its viniculture was already known around 1600. Count Károly Eszterházy built a palace there in the 18th century.
Hejce is remembered for the
tragedy of a Slovak AN-24 military aircraft which crashed there on January 19, 2006. The plane was carrying Slovak peacekeeping troops from Pristina in Kosovo to Košice in Slovakia. Only one of the 43 soldiers survived. The Slovak minister of defence honoured the inhabitants of the village for their selfless help in the rescue operations.
External links
Street map
Slovak plane crash leaves 42 dead - BBC NewsWeb page of Hejce (in Hungarian)
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
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