Korolevo (; ; ; ) is a
rural settlement
The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...
on the
Tisza
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River in
Berehove Raion
Berehove Raion (; ) is a raions of Ukraine, raion (district) in Zakarpattia Oblast, in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The administrative center is Berehove. For many centuries the territory of the district was part of Bereg County. Population: ...
,
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
,
Ukraine
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. Population:
History
During the reign of
Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, a German settlement existed on the site. A royal hunting lodge was built on the hill, and the town was named for it: ''Királyháza'', its original Hungarian name that was later translated to the Slavic Korolev, literally means "king's house". In the 14th century a stone castle named Nyalab was built on the site of the hunting lodge. In 1672 the castle was destroyed.
In 1910, the village in
Ugocsa County
Ugocsa was an administrative county (comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Romania () and western Ukraine (). The capital of the county was Nagyszőllős (now Vynohradiv, Ukr ...
of the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
had 3,167 inhabitants, of whom 2,224 were Hungarians and 932
Ruthenians
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. In 1918 it joined the then newly formed
Czechoslovakia
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(as part of
Subcarpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathia (, ) is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast.
From the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the end of the 9th century) to the end ...
) and was known as Kráľovo nad Tisou during that time. In 1944, close to the end of
World War II
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, it ended up in the
Ukrainian SSR
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, then part of the
USSR
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. In 1947 the village was given the status of an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
. Since 1991 it has been in independent Ukraine.
On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, and Korolevo became a rural settlement.
References
External links
Települések - Verbőc (Verbovec) - Nagyszőlősi járás
Photos
Királyháza anno
Облікова картка на сайті ВР України
Rural settlements in Berehove Raion
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