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Prešov (Hungarian: Eperjes, German: Preschau or Eperies) is a town in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of the administrative Presov Region (Prešovský kraj) (see Regions of Slovakia). With a population of 93,000, it is the third largest town in the country. 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. ...
The Prešov region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. ...
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Car registration plates in Slovakia: Since 1997, a car registration plate number (EČ, evidenčné číslo) generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding to a district (okres), NNN is three digit number and YY are two letters (assigned alphabetically). ...
The Prešov region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. ...
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. ...
Location Prešov is situated in the valley of the Torysa river, at the confluence with its tributary Sekčov. Prešov is only 38 kilometers north from Košice. Košice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa) is Slovakias second largest city. ...
Characteristics As of 2001, 93.7% of the inhabitants are Slovaks; significant minorities include Roma, Rusyns, Ukrainians, and Czechs. The average wage and the employment rate in Prešov are below the national average. Significant industries in the town include mechanical and electrical engineering companies and clothing industry. Solivary, the only salt mining and processing company in Slovakia, also operates in the town. Roma is: The Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish name for the Italian city of Rome. ...
Rusyns, also called Ruthenians, Ruthenes, Rusins, Rysins, Carpatho-Rusins, and Russniaks, are a modern group of ethnic groups that speak the Rusyn language and are descended from the Ruthenians that did not become Ukrainians in the 19th century. ...
More than ten thousand students are enrolled at the two instutions of post-secondary education in the town - the University of Prešov with 8 faculties and the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of the Technical University of Košice. Prešov is also seat of a Greek Catholic bishopric, a Lutheran Church bishopric and a Orthodox bishopric. 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. ...
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The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...
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History First inhabitants settled in this area in the Paleolithic. Oldest discovered tools and mammoth bones are 28,000 years old. Slavic people have lived in the area of the town since the 4th or 5th century AD. The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic – lit. ...
Species Mammuthus columbi Columbian mammoth Mammuthus exilis Pygmy mammoth Mammuthus jeffersonii Jeffersonian mammoth Mammuthus meridionalis Mammuthus primigenius Wooly mammoth A mammoth (Russian mamont) is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. ...
The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ...
By the end of the 11th century the town became part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and Hungarian soldiers settled in the town. In the 13th century many German settlers moved to Prešov from the Spiš region. The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...
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. ...
The first written record of Prešov dates back to 1247. In 1299 Prešov received municipal privileges, and in 1374 it was declared a free royal town. This led to development of crafts and trade (especially export of wine from the Tisza region to Poland). In the 15th century Prešov joined the Pentapolitana, an alliance of five towns of eastern Slovakia (Bardejov, Levoča, Košice, Prešov, and Sabinov). Events Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. ...
Events King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the Goryeo throne Births Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. ...
In the Holy Roman Empire, an Imperial Free City (in German: Freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the Emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes and dukes of...
The Tisza in Szeged, Hungary Length 1358 km Elevation of the source ? m Average discharge ? m³/s Area watershed ? km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Dunav (Danube) Basin countries Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro The Tisza (in Hungarian, Ukrainian: Tysa/Тиса, Russian: Tisa/Тиса, Romanian, Slovak, Croatian and Serbian: Tisa...
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Levoča (Hungarian: Lőcse, German: Leutschau) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,000. ...
Sabinov (German Zeben, Hungarian Kisszeben) is a small town located in Prešov region(north eastern Slovakia), approximately 20 km from Prešov and 55 km from Košice. ...
The first record of a school dates to 1429. In 1572, salt mining started in Solivar (at that time a nearby town, now part of Prešov). Prešov's increased importance meant that in 1647 it became the seat of the Šariš county. In chemistry, salt is a general term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ...
Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ...
Šariš (in Latin: comitatus Sarossiensis, in German: Scharosch, in Hungarian: Sáros) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ...
In 1667 an important Evangelic Lutheran College of Prešov was established by Protestants in the town. In 1687, 24 prominent citizens and noblemen were executed for supporting the uprising of Imre Thököly. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
Imre Thököly (Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian; Imrich Tököli in Slovak; Emericq Thököly according to his most frequent signature) ( 1657- 1705), statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, prince of Transylvania. ...
At the beginning of the 18th century, the population was decimated by the plague and by fires to mere 2,000 inhabitants. By the half of the 18th century the town recovered, crafts and trade improved again, and new manufactories were built. In 1752 the salt mine in Solivar was flooded. Ever since then salt has been produced from salt brine by boiling. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
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In 1873 the first railway was built through the town. At the end of the 19th century, the town introduced electricity, telephone, telegraph, and a sewage system. In 1887 fire destroyed a big part of the town. In 1918 Prešov became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia. During World War II, the nearby town of Košice became again part of Hungary by First Vienna Award. As a result, many institutions moved from Košice to Prešov, thus increasing its importance. In 1944, a professional Slovak Theatre was established in the town. 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. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ...
The First Vienna Award was the result of the First Vienna Arbitration of 2 November 1938, which took place in Vienna in the Belvedere Castle on the eve of World War II. By the award, arbiters from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy tried to achieve a non-violent way to...
During the communist regime after 1948, the town became an industrial center. The population increased rapidly from 28,000 in 1950 to 52,000 in 1970 and 91,000 in 1990. This article is about communism as a form of society built around a gift economy, as an ideology that advocates that form of society, and as a popular movement. ...
Twin towns Prešov is twinned with: This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...
Nyíregyháza listen (IPA: /ɲireɟhazɒ/; approximate pronunciation: nyee-redy-haa-zah) is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. ...
Nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 County Allegheny County Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area - Total - Water 151. ...
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