Slanec (german: Salzburg; hu, Nagyszalánc; la, Castrum Salis) is a

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

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Košice-okolie District Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; hu, Kassa-vidéki járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It surrounds the city of Košice, which serves as the district seat although it does not belong to the dist ...

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

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History

In historical records the

was first mentioned in 1230 (''Castrum'' ''Salis'') as an important fortress. In 1270 King

Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V ( hu, V. István, hr, Stjepan V., sk, Štefan V; before 18 October 1239 – 6 August 1272, Csepel Island) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the o ...

gave the castle to Master Reinhold. The new lords of Slanec supported King Přemysl Otakar II against King

Ladislav Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian a ...

in the conquest of the Bohemian throne. King Ladislav conquered Slanec in 1281. In 1299 the castle passed to the Szalanczyi noble family and, successively to landowners by the surnames of Lossonczy and Forgách. In 1649 it was besieged by the rebel condottiere György Rákoczi.

Geography

The village lies at an

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of 345 metres and covers an

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of 20.459 km². The municipality has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using ...

of about 1310 people.

Transportation

The village has a

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station.

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