Košice
Region (kraj)	Košice Region
District (okres)	Košice I-IV
Location	48°42′58″N, 21°15′41″E
Altitude	184-851 m
Population	234,969 (2006)
Area	243.82 km²
Time Zone • Summer DST	CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix	+421-55
Postal code	04000
Car registration plate	KE

Statue of Košice's Coat of arms

St. Michael's Chapel
(after the restoration)

Jakab's Palace

Town Hall
at Hlavná ulica (Main Street)

Old and new architecture of Košice

Slávia, the most beautiful Art Nouveau building in Košice

Premonstratensian Church

Orthodox synagogue in Košice

The Singing Fountain in the centre of Košice

Steel Arena - the new architectonic dominant of Košice

Košice [pronunciation: 'koshitse] (Latin: Cassovia, German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa, Polish: Koszyce, Hebrew: קושיצה, Rusyn: Кошице, Romany: Kasha) is Slovakia's second largest city and the center of eastern Slovakia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (615x612, 550 KB) Summary Source: www. ... Slovakia is subdivided into 8 kraje (singular - kraj, usually translated as regions, but actually meaning rather county), each of which is named after their principal city. ... 8: KoÅ¡ice Region The KoÅ¡ice Region (Slovak: KoÅ¡ický kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. ... An okres (in English district) is an administrative unit in Slovakia. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... 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It lies in the valley of the river Hornád in the Košice Basin, encircled by the spurs of the Čierna Hora mountains to the north and the Volovské vrchy hills to the west. Hornád (Hungarian: Hernád, German: Kundert) is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. ...

Košice is the seat of a Region (kraj) or the Košice Self-governing Region (KSK), of universities, of the Slovak Constitutional Court, of a Roman Catholic archbishopric (since 1995), Evangelical Lutheran bishopric and a Greek Catholic bishopric. The town has a relatively large historic center. Region can be used to mean either: any more or less well-defined geographical area of a country or continent, defined by geography, culture or history in political geography, an administrative subdivision of a country or of the European Union. ... A kraj (plural: kraje) is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and historically in Czechoslovakia. ... The seat of the KoÅ¡ice Self-governing Region The KoÅ¡ice Self-governing Region (Slovak: KoÅ¡ický samosprávny kraj, KSK) or the KoÅ¡ice Higher Territorial Unit (Slovak: KoÅ¡ický vyšší územný celok, KVÚC) is one of Slovakias eight self-governing regions whose territory is identical... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... A Constitutional Court is a high court found in many countries which deals primary with constitutional law. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Roman Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ...

Administrative division

The town of Košice is divided into 4 districts and 22 city parts: Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ...

Kavečany (Hungarian: Kavocsán) is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. ... Sídlisko Ťahanovce [seedlisko tyahanoutze] is a neighbourhood city part of Košice, Slovakia. ... Ťahanovce [tyahanoutze] is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. ... Position of Šaca at the map of the town of Košice Šaca (Hungarian: Saca) is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. ... Košice-Juh Košice-Juh (English: Kosice-South) is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. ...

History

The first signs of inhabitance can be traced back to the end of the older Stone Age. The first written reference to a southern suburb of the town can be dated back to the year 1230. Its advantageous business and strategic location helped the town grew quickly. The given privileges were helpful in developing crafts, business, increasing importance and for the development of this city. The oldest guild regulations were registered in 1307 and the city received its own coat-of-arms in 1369 from the king Louis I of Hungary, making it the first municipial coat-of-arms in Europe. Since the beginning of the 15th century, the city had been playing a leading role in the Pentapolitana - a league of towns of five most important cities of eastern Slovakia (Bardejov, Levoča, Košice, Prešov, and Sabinov). Since the 14th century, it has been the second-most important town in Slovakia (which was part of Hungary from the 11th century to 1918) after Bratislava. Stone Age fishing hook. ... Events Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile. ... A guild is an association of people of the same trade or pursuits (with a similar skill or craft), formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards of morality or conduct. ... Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ... Louis the Great. ... Statue of the first municipial coat-of-arms in Europe - KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia Detail of the statue Detail of the statue KoÅ¡ice is the first town in Europe with its own coat-of-arms, granted by King Louis I the Great at the Castle of DiósgyÅ‘r in... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... Pentapolitana was an alliance of five free royal towns of Eastern Slovakia (Bardejov, Levoča, KoÅ¡ice, PreÅ¡ov and Sabinov) in the Middle Ages. ... A league of towns (in German: Städtebund) is an alliance of two or more, usually geographically close, towns and/or cities for the protection of their political and/or economic interests. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Levoča (Hungarian: Lőcse, German: Leutschau) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,000. ... Prešov (Hungarian: Eperjes, German: Preschau or Eperies) is a town in eastern Slovakia. ... Sabinov (German: Zeben, Hungarian: Kisszeben) is a small town located in the PreÅ¡ov region(north eastern Slovakia), approximately 20 km from PreÅ¡ov and 55 km from KoÅ¡ice. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 450,000. ...

In the 15th century, the town was temporarily controlled by John Giskra (Jan Jiskra), in the 17th and 18th centuries a center of anti-Habsburg uprisings in Slovakia (Hungary) and seat of Francis II Rákóczi. In the 17th it was the de-facto capital of Upper Hungary, i.e. of the easternmost part of the then Hungary (1563-1686 seat of the "Captaincy Upper Hungary", 1567-1848 seat of the Spiš Chamber (Zipser Kammer), which was a subsidiary of the supreme financial agency in Vienna responsible for eastern Slovakia). Between 1657 and 1921 seat of the historic Košice University (1777 turned into a Royal Academy, in the 19th century turned to a Law Academy). In 1723, there was erected the Immaculata statue at the place of a former gallows at Hlavná ulica (Main Street) commemorating the plague from the years 1710-1711. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Statue in Szeged, Hungary Prince Francis II Rákóczi (historically also spelled Rákóczy, in Hungarian: , in Slovak: ) (1676 - 1735) was a Hungarian noble from the Rákóczi family, duke of Transylvania, then leader of the Å ariÅ¡ county. ... Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spiš (in Latin: Scepusium, in Polish: Spisz, in German: Zips, in Hungarian: Szepes) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... The sculpture of Virgin Mary on the top of the column The Immaculata Statue is at the place of former gallows The Immaculata (or The Plague Pillar, Slovak: Morový stĺp) is the most beautiful Baroque-style sculptured monument in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ...

During World War II, after the First Vienna Award (Vienna Arbitration in 1938), Košice became part of Hungary until 1944. Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United Kingdom United States and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000... Image:Firstviennaaward. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

The most important building of the town is Slovakia's biggest church, the 15th-century Gothic St. Elisabeth Cathedral, the easternmost gothic cathedral in Central Europe. Except the magnificent cathedral, there are also the 14th-century St. Michael Chapel, the St. Urban Tower and the Neo-baroque State Theatre in the centre of the town. The Executioner’s Bastion and the Mill Bastion are witnesses to the ancient system of fortifications for protecting the city against its enemies. The visitors can also discover the beauty of several other monuments and buildings of great cultural and historical interest (the old Town Hall, the Old University, the Captain's Palace, Liberation Square, etc.) as well as several galleries (the East Slovak Gallery) and museums (the East Slovak Museum). The visitors can relax in the quiet of Municipal Park located in the area around the city center. See also Gothic art. ... St. ... St. ... St. ... The foyer of the Paris Opera, built by Charles Garnier Neo-baroque is a term used to describe artistic creations which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not from the Baroque period proper. ... The State Theatre in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia The State Theatre, KoÅ¡ice (Slovak: Å tátne divadlo KoÅ¡ice) is situated in in the centre of KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia. ... The Executioner’s Bastion The Executioner’s Bastion is a bastion situated at Stará baÅ¡tová Street in the historic center of KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia. ... The East Slovak Gallery The East(ern) Slovak Gallery (Slovak: Východoslovenská galéria) in KoÅ¡ice was founded in 1951 as the first regional gallery in Slovakia. ... The East Slovak Museum Wooden church from Kožuchovce The East Slovak Museum (Slovak: Východoslovenské múzeum) in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia, is one of the oldest Slovak museums; it was founded in 1872. ...

Population since 1850

S=Slovaks, H=Magyars, G=Germans, C=Czechs, P=Poles This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

According to German and Hungarian authors of the 19th century (e.g. Beksics Gusztáv), the town was a German-Slovak town in the early 19th century.

• 1850: ?% S, 39,71% H, ?% G
• 1880: 42% S, 41% H, 17% G (26 097 inh.)
• 1900: 23% S, 67% H, 9% G
• 1910: 14,8% S, 75,4 % H, 7,2% G, 1,8 P (some 44 000 inh.)^[1]
• 1930: 60,2% S/C, 16,4% H, 4,7% G, 8,1% Jews (70 117 inh.) [Jews were ignored by the 1910 census]
• 1950: 95% S/C, ?% H, ?% G, 0% Jews
• 1970: 95% S/C, 3,9% H, ?% G
• 2001: 91% S/C, 3,78% H, 0,16% G, 2,8% Roma

Births

• Béla Gerster, the architect of the Corinth Canal and co-architect of the Panama Canal, was born in Košice in 1850.

• Famous Hungarian writer Sándor Márai was born in Košice in 1900.

• Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis was born here in 1980.

• Former head coach of the National basketball team of the Netherlands Egon Steuer was born in Košice in 1935.

• Former Košice's mayor Rudolf Schuster, the second president of Slovakia (1999-2004), was born here in 1934.

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Events

• The oldest marathon in Europe (the second oldest in the world - founded in 1924) - The Košice Peace Marathon is run on the first Sunday of October every year in Košice.

• The first and the oldest international festival of local TV broadcasters (founded in 1995) - The Golden Beggar, takes place every year in June in Košice.

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Sacral buildings

• Calvinist Church
• Church of Sisters Ursulines
• Church on Calvary
• Dominican Church
• Evangelical Church
• Franciscan Church
• Greek-Catholic Church
• Hospital Church of Holy Spirit
• Plague Chapel of St. Rosalie
• Premonstratensian Church, former Jesuistical Church
• St. Elisabeth Cathedral
• St. Michael Chapel
• Synagogue at Puškinová Street
• Synagogue at Zvonárska Street

The Calvinist Church The Calvinist Church (Slovak: Kalvínsky kostol ) at Hrnčiarska ulica (English: Pottery Street) in Košice, Slovakia was initially an army store-house. ... The Dominican Church The Dominican Church (Slovak: Dominikánsky kostol ) at Dominikánske námestie (English: Dominican Square) is the oldest church in Košice, Slovakia and also the oldest preserved object in the town at all. ... The Evangelical Church The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church (Slovak: Evanjelický kostol) at Mlynská ulica (Mill Street) in Košice is one of the most beautiful Classicist evangelical church buildings in all Slovakia. ... The Franciscan Church The Franciscan Church (Slovak: Františkánsky kostol ) at Hlavná ulica (English: Main Street) is the second oldest church in Košice, Slovakia. ... Holy Spirit Church The Holy Spirit Church (Slovak: Kostol svätého Ducha) or Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit (Slovak: Špitálsky kostol svätého Ducha) is the eldest building in Košice-Juh, Košice, Slovakia. ... The Premonstratensian church, initially the Jesuistical church The Premonstratensian church (Slovak: Premonštrátny kostol ), initially Jesuistical church (Slovak: Jezuitský kostol ), is the most valuable Baroque object of Košice, with the most beautiful interior of that period. ... St. ... St. ... Orthodox synagogue in Košice Orthodox synagogue in Košice (detail) Bronze memorial plate Orthodox synagogue in Košice (detail) The Orthodox synagogue in Košice (Slovak: Ortodoxná synagóga v Košiciach) was built in the years 1926-1927 at Pushkin Street in the historic centre of Košice...

Higher Education

• Technická univerzita v Košiciach
• Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
• Univerzita veterinárneho lekárstva v Košiciach
• Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave - Podnikovo - hodpodárska fakulta
• Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre - Fakulta ekonomiky a manažmentu
• Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku - Teologická fakulta so sídlom v Košiciach

Sister cities

• Budapest, Hungary
• Bursa, Turkey
• Cottbus, Germany
• Miskolc, Hungary
• Mobile, Alabama, USA
• Niš, Serbia
• Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Raahe, Finland
• Rzeszów, Poland
• Sankt Peterburg, Russia
• Užhorod, Ukraine
• Verona, Italy
• Wuppertal, Germany

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Famous people

• Július Jakoby, Slovak painter
• Arpád Račko, Slovak sculptor
• Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician
• Ladislav Troják, Slovak ice hockey player

The Don Quixote work of Július Jakoby commemorates this Slovak stamp issued on October 20, 2004 The statue of Július Jakoby at Alžbetina Street in Košice (made by sculptor Juraj Bartusz in 2000) Július (Gyula) Jakoby (* March 28, 1903 in Košice – † April 15, 1985... The Marathoner statue The statue of the Košice‘s Coat-of-arms The academic sculptor Arpád Račko (born on July 17, 1930 in Szolnok, Hungary) is a famous Slovak sculptor. ... Ferenc Szálasi Ferenc Szálasi (January 6, 1897-March 12, 1946) was a Fascist and the Prime Minister of Hungary during the final days of Hungarys participation in World War II. Born the son of a soldier in Kassa, Szálasi followed in his fathers footsteps and... Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a titul of World Champion (1947). ...

Notes

1. ^ Atlas and Gazetteer of Historic Hungary 1914, Talma Kiadó

References

Slovak language

• Monika Vrzgula (May 21, 2003) „Ci pana, ta co v tych Košicoch zrobili?“ Part 7 of a series on Slovak towns. Inzine.sk

English language

• Košice at Slovakia.org

External links

• Official website of the town of Košice
• Official website of the Košice self-governing region
• Cassovia.info - Photos and history of Košice
• Košice City information
• Public transport in Košice
• Košice International Airport
• Košice Peace Marathon
• WAXmuseum of Košice
• U. S. Steel Košice
• Municipality information centre Košice
• State Theatre Košice
• The Slovak State Philharmonic, Košice
• The State Scientific Library in Košice
• The Slovak Technical Museum in Košice
• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS Košice
• Paul Joseph Safarik University in Košice
• Technical University of Košice
• University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice
• Botanical garden, Košice
• ZOO Košice
• Children's railways, Košice (in Slovak only)

Photographs

• Panoramic photo gallery of Košice
• Europe on the Matrix: Košice, Slovakia — Photographs and information.

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