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Coordinates: 48°42′58″N 21°15′41″E / 48.71611, 21.26139
Košice
City
none Hlavná ulica (Main Street)
Hlavná ulica (Main Street)
Coat of arms
Country Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
Region Košice
District Košice I-IV
Districts Košice I, Košice II, Košice III, Košice IV
River Hornád
Elevation 206 m (676 ft)
Coordinates 48°42′58″N 21°15′41″E / 48.71611, 21.26139
Area 242. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Košice Region (Slovak Košický Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. Košice I is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Košice II is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košice III is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košice IV is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 768 km² (93. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 733 sq mi)
Population 234,596 (2006-12-31)
Density 966 /km² (2,502 /sq mi)
First mentioned 1230
Government City council
Mayor František Knapík
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 040 00
Area code +421-55
Car plate KE
Location in Slovakia
Location in Slovakia
Location in Slovakia
Location in the Košice Region
Location in the Košice Region
Location in the Košice Region
Wikimedia Commons: Košice
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.kosice.sk

Košice (Slovak pronunciation (help·info): [ˈkɔʃɪʦɛ]; Hungarian: Kassa; (also known by other alternative names) is a city in eastern Slovakia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. František Knapík (born 17 October 1956 in Ľubotín) is the current Mayor of the Slovak city of Košice and a member Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Since 1997, the Slovak car registration plate number (EČV evidenčné číslo vozidla generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding Košice (; Hungarian: Kassa; (also known by other alternative names) is a city in eastern Slovakia. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million It is situated on the Hornád River at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the borders with Hungary. The Slovenské rudohorie or Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive Mountainous region of Slovakia 's Spiš region within the Carpathians Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic With a population of nearly 235,000 Košice is the second largest city after Bratislava. ARTICLE TEXT BEGINS AFTER THESE COMMENTS - PLEASE READ 1 Please do not edit the lead without reading

Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, the Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and other institutions. The Košice Region (Slovak Košický Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The Košice Self-governing Region ( Slovak: Košický samosprávny kraj, KSK) or the Košice Higher Territorial Unit (Slovak Košický vyšší The Constitutional Court of Slovakia (officially Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky is a special court established by the A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The city has a well-preserved historical centre, with Slovakia's biggest Gothic cathedral.

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Names

The first written mention of the city was in 1230 as "villa Cassa". [1] The name of the city comes from the Slavic personal name "Koša" with the patronymic suffix "-ice". [2] Historically, the city has been known as Kaschau in German, Kassa in Hungarian, Cassovia or Caschovia in Latin, Cassovie in French, Caşovia in Romanian and Koszyce in Polish (see here for more languages). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. I J K L Lviv -->

History

The first evidence of inhabitance can be traced back to the end of the Paleolithic era. The term Paleolithic (or Palaeolithic) (from Greek παλαιός palaios, " Old " and λίθος Lithos, "stone" However, the first written reference to Košice (its southern suburb) comes only from 1230. After the invasion of Mongols in 1241, King Béla IV invited German colonists to fill the gaps in population. The Battle of Mohi, or Battle of the Sajó River, (on April 11, 1241) was the main Battle between the Mongols and the Kingdom Béla IV (IV Béla (1206 &ndash 3 May 1270 King of Hungary and Croatia (1214-1270 Duke of Styria (1254-1258 The city was made of two independent settlements: Lower Košice and Upper Košice, amalgamated in the 13th century. The first known town privileges come from 1290. [3] The city grew quickly because of its strategic location on an international trade route to Poland. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The privileges given by the king were helpful in developing crafts, business, increasing importance and for the development of this city. [1] The oldest guild regulations were registered in 1307. A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers [4] In 1321 Košice became a free royal town after it reinforced the king's troops in the crucial moment of the bloody Battle of Rozhanovce against the Amadé family. In 1347, Košice became the second placed city in the hierarchy of the Hungarian free royal towns, after the capital Buda. Buda ( German: Ofen, Croatian: Budim, Slovak / Czech: Budín, Serbian: Будим or As the first city in Europe, Košice received its own coat of arms in 1369 from Louis the Great. Košice, today in Slovakia (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary) was the first town in Europe to be granted its own Coat of arms. Louis I the Great (I (Nagy Lajos Ludwik Węgierski Serbian: Lajoš I/Лајош I Croatian: Ludovik I Czech: Ludvík I [3] The Diet convened by Louis the Great to Košice decided that women can inherit the Hungarian throne. 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). Pentapolitana (or rarely Pentapolis) was a League of towns of the five most important Hungarian royal free towns (Latin libera regiae civitas Hungarian 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 Bardejov ( Bartfeld Bártfa Bardejów is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. Levoča ( Lőcse Leutschau Lewocza is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14600 Prešov ( known also by alternative names) is a City in eastern Slovakia. Sabinov (Zeben Kisszeben is a small town located in the Prešov Region (north-eastern Slovakia) approximately 20 km from Prešov and 55 km from [5]

The history of Košice in the subsequent centuries was influenced by the dynastic disputes over the Hungarian throne. Władysław III of Poland failed to capture the city in 1441. This article refers to the 15th century Jagiellon monarch For the 12th century Piast monarch see Władysław III Spindleshanks, and for other monarchs with similar Johann Giskra's mercenaries from Bohemia defeated Tamás Székely's Hungarian army in 1449. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Albert, Prince of Poland could not capture the city during a six months long siege in 1491. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland In 1526 the city homaged for Ferdinand I. Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor ( Alcalá de Henares (near Madrid) Kingdom of Castile (now Spain) 10 March 1503 &ndash János Szapolyai captured the city in 1536 but Ferdinand I reconquered the city in 1551. This article is about the János Szapolyai For his son see John Zápolya II. [6]In 1604 Stephen Bocskay occupied Košice during his insurrection against the Habsburg dynasty. Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai (or Bocskay, Bocskai István Štefan Bočkaj Ştefan Bocşa) ( 1 January 1557 - 29 December Giorgio Basta, commander of the Habsburg forces, failed to capture the city, but Ferdinand I eventually conquered it in 1606. Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt (1544-1607 was a general of Albanian descent employed by the Holy Roman Emperor to command Habsburg forces in the Stephen Bocskay died in Košice on 29 December 1606 and was also interred there. Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai (or Bocskay, Bocskai István Štefan Bočkaj Ştefan Bocşa) ( 1 January 1557 - 29 December Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II On 5 September 1619 Gabriel Bethlen captured Košice in another anti-Habsubrg insurrection. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Gabriel Bethlen (de Iktár (- English, Hungarian: Bethlen Gábor, Romanian: Gabriel Bethlen, German: Gabriel Košice also became the place of his wedding with Katalin Brandenburgi. [7] On 18 January 1644 the Diet in Košice elected George I Rákóczi the prince of Hungary. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor György Rákóczi I (1591 – 1648 was elected prince of Transylvania in 1630 In 1657 a printing house and a college were founded by the Jesuits there. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The city was besieged by kuruc armies several times in the 1670s and it revolted against the Habsburg emperor. The kuruc ( Hungarian: kuruczok/kurucok ''kuruc(z'' Slovak: kuruci ''kuruc'' was a term used to denote the armed anti- Habsburg The rebel leaders were massacred by emperor's soldiers on 26 November 1677. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" A modern pentagonal fortress was built by the Habsburgs south of the city in 1670. Another rebel leader, Imre Thököly captured it in 1682 but the Austrian field marshal Aeneas de Caprara got it back on 25 October 1685. Count Imrich Tököly de Kesmarkium ( Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian; or in Slovak Imrich Tököli according to his most frequent Count Aeneas Sylvius de Caprara (1631 - February 1701 also known as Enea Silvio or Äneas Sylvius von Caprara, was an Austrian field marshal Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a The fortress was demolished by 1713. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

In the 17th century it was the de facto capital of Upper Hungary (in 1563–1686 as the seat of the "Captaincy of Upper Hungary", and in 1567–1848 as the seat of the Spiš Chamber, which was a subsidiary of the supreme financial agency in Vienna responsible for eastern Slovakia). Upper Hungary is the usual English translation of two terms 1 Spiš (- Slovak; Latin: Scepusium, Zips Szepesség Spisz is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern The city was residence of Eger's bishop from 1596 to 1700. Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of [8]Since 1657 it was also seat of the historic Košice University, which was promoted to a Royal Academy in 1777. It was transformed into a Law Academy in the 19th century and ceased to exist in the turbulent year of 1921. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar After the end of the anti-Habsburg uprisings in the early 18th century, the victorious Austrian armies drove the Ottoman forces back to the south and this major territorial change also created new trade routes, now circumventing Košice. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The city came into decay and turned from a rich medieval town into a provincial town, dependent mainly on agriculture. [9] 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. The Immaculata (or The Plague Pillar, Slovak: Morový stĺp) is a Baroque Plague column in Košice, Slovakia A gallows is a frame typically wooden used for execution by Hanging. The Black Death, or the Black Plague, was one of the deadliest Pandemics in human history widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia [10] There was a centre of the Hungarian language regenerate movement which published the first Hungarian language periodical called Magyar Museum in Hungary in 1788. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap [11] The city's walls were demolished step by step from the late 18th century to 1856; only the Executioner's Bastion remained with few parts of the wall. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Executioner’s Bastion is a Bastion situated at Stará baštová Street in the historic center of Košice, Slovakia. The city became a seat of its own bishopric in 1802. The city's surroundings became a theatre of war again during the Revolutions of 1848, when the Imperial cavalry general Franz Schlik defeated the Hungarian army on 8 December 1848 and on 4 January 1849. The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The city was captured by the Hungarian army on 15 February 1849, but the Russian troops drove them back on 24 June 1849. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [12]

General view of Košice around 1900
General view of Košice around 1900

At the beginning of the 19th century there were three manufactures and 460 workshops in 1828. [13] The first factories were established in the 1840s (sugar and nail factories). The first telegram message arrived in 1856 and the railway connected the city to Miskolc in 1860. Miskolc (miʃkolts approximate pronunciation "Me-shkolts" in Slovak Miškovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East In 1873 there were already connections to Prešov, Žilina and Chop (in present-day Ukraine). Prešov ( known also by alternative names) is a City in eastern Slovakia. Žilina ( Sillein Zsolna names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava. Chop (Чоп Csap Čop is a City located in the Zakarpattia Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The city gained a public transit system in 1891 when track was laid down for a horse-drawn tramway. The Košice public transit system operates in Košice, Slovakia. The traction was electrified in 1914. [13] In 1906, Francis II Rákóczi's house of Rodosto was reproduced in Košice and his remains were buried in the St. Elisabeth Cathedral. Ferenc (Francis II Rákóczi ( March 27, 1676 – April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs Tekirdağ (see also its other names) is a city in Eastern Thrace, Turkey. The St Elisabeth Cathedral (Slovak Dóm sv Alžbety, Hungarian Szent Erzsébet-székesegyház, German Dom der Heiligen Elisbeth) is a Gothic [14]

After World War I and during the gradual break-up of Austria-Hungary, the city at first became a part of the transient "Eastern Slovak Republic", declared on 11 December 1918 in Košice and earlier in Prešov under "protection" of Hungary. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In International law, a protectorate is a autonomous territory that is "protected" by a stronger state or entity hense the protector which engages to protect On 29 December 1918 the Czechoslovak Legions entered the city, making it part of the newly established Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak Legions ( Československé legie in Czech and Slovak were Czech and Slovak volunteer armed forces fighting together with the Entente powers Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. However, in June 1919 Košice was occupied again, as part of the Slovak Soviet Republic, a proletarian puppet state of Hungary. The Slovak Soviet Republic (in Slovak: Slovenská republika rád = literally "Slovak Republic of Councils" - the name originated before the Russian The Czechoslovak troops secured the city for Czechoslovakia in July 1919,[15] confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of World War I by the Allies of World War I, on one side and Hungary, seen as a successor

Košice was awarded to Hungary, by the First Vienna Award, from 1938 until early 1945. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The First Vienna Award was the result of the First Vienna Arbitration ( November 2, 1938) which took place at Vienna 's Belvedere The town was bombarded on 26 June 1941, in what became a welcome pretext for the Hungarian government to declare war on Soviet Union a day later. The Košice attack was the June 26, 1941 Aerial bombing of the City of Kassa, today Košice ( Slovakia) then a part of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Hungary's collaboration with the Third Reich led to the easy deportation of Košice's entire Jewish population of 12,000 and an additional 2,000 from surrounding areas via cattle cars to the concentration camps for their eventual murder. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ See also List of Nazi-German concentration camps, Extermination camp Prior to and during World War II, Nazi Germany under Hitler maintained Thus their fate was identical to that of the other Jews of Slovakia and those from Hungary. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The town was captured by Soviets in January 1945 and for a short time it became a temporary capital city of the restored Czechoslovak Republic until the Soviet Red Army reached Prague. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Among other acts, the Košice Government Programme was declared on 5 April 1945. [15]

After the Communist Party seized power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the city became part of the Eastern Bloc. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak Komunistická strana Československa (KSČ was a political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were Several present-day cultural institutions were founded and large residential areas around the city were built. and the construction and expansion of the East Slovak Ironworks caused population growth from population of 60,700 in 1950 to 235,000 in 1991 and before break-up of Czechoslovakia, it was the fifth largest city in the country. Following the Velvet Divorce and creation of the Slovak Republic, Košice became the second largest city in the country, became a seat of a constitutional court and since 1995 is the seat of the Archdiocese of Košice. The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on January 1 1993, saw Czechoslovakia split into two separate countries the Czech Republic A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with Constitutional law.

Geography

Košice lies at an altitude of 206 metres (676 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 242. The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the 77 square kilometres (93. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi). The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. [16] It is located in eastern Slovakia, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Hungarian, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ukrainian and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Polish borders. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland It is about 400 kilometres (249 mi) east from Slovakia's capital Bratislava and a chain of villages connects it to Prešov about 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the north. ARTICLE TEXT BEGINS AFTER THESE COMMENTS - PLEASE READ 1 Please do not edit the lead without reading Prešov ( known also by alternative names) is a City in eastern Slovakia.

Košice is situated on the Hornád River in the Košice Basin, at the easternmost reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, more precisely its subdivisions of Čierna hora mountains in the north-west and Volovské vrchy mountains in the south-west. The Slovenské rudohorie or Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive Mountainous region of Slovakia 's Spiš region within the Carpathians The basin is surrounded from the east by the Slanské vrchy mountains.

Climate

Košice lies in the north temperate zone and has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Continental climate is a Climate that is characterized by Winter Temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of Snow cover each Year It is characterized by a significant variation between hot summers and cold, snowy winters.

Weather averages for Košice
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average high °C (°F) 0 (32) 3 (37) 9 (48) 15 (59) 21 (67) 24 (74) 25 (78) 25 (78) 20 (69) 14 (58) 6 (44) 1 (34)
Average low °C (°F) -5 (23) -4 (25) 0 (32) 5 (40) 9 (49) 12 (54) 14 (57) 14 (57) 10 (49) 5 (41) 0 (33) -4 (26)
Precipitation cm (inches) 1. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 59 (0. 63) 1. 89 (0. 74) 1. 90 (0. 75) 3. 85 (1. 52) 4. 48 (1. 76) 5. 99 (2. 36) 6. 76 (2. 66) 5. 09 (2. 00) 3. 57 (1. 41) 3. 30 (1. 30) 2. 91 (1. 15) 1. 97 (0. 78)
Source: MSN Weather[17] 2008-01-20

Demographics

Statue of Košice's coat of arms, the first municipal coat of arms in Europe
Statue of Košice's coat of arms, the first municipal coat of arms in Europe

Košice has a population of 234,596 (31 December 2006). [18] According to the 2001 census, 89. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 1% of its inhabitants were Slovaks, 3,8% Hungarians, 2,1% Roma, 1. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 2% Czechs, 0. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic 5% Rusyns, 0. Rusyns (also referred to as Русины Ruthenians Ruthenes Rusins Carpatho-Rusyns and Rusnaks) are a Slavic Ethnic group that speaks 5% Ukrainians, and 0. Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens 2% Germans. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The religious makeup was 58. 3% Roman Catholics, 19. 4% people with no religious affiliation, 7. 6% Greek Catholics, and 4. Greek Catholic Church is a term which refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine ( Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition 1% Lutherans. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther [19]

Historical demographics

Population of Košice[20][19]
Year Population Year Population Year Population
1480 10,000 1890 28,900 1961 79,400
1800 6,000 1910 44,200 1970 142,200
1820 8,700 1921 52,900 1980 202,400
1846 13,700 1942 67,000 1991 235,160
1869 21,700 1950 60,700 2001 236,093


The linguistic makeup of the town's population underwent historical changes that alternated between a growth of the ratio of those who claimed Hungarian and those who claimed Slovak as their language. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" With a population of 28,884 in 1891, just under a half (49. 9%) of the inhabitants of Košice declared the then official Hungarian language as their main means of communication, 33. 6% Slovak, and 13. 5% German. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. 72. 2% were Roman Catholics, 11. 4% Jews, 7. 3% Lutherans, 6. 7% Greek Catholics, and 4. 3% Calvinists. Calvinism (sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the [21]

The next two decades were marked by a rapid shift towards those who declared Hungarian. By 1910, 75. 4% of the 44,211 inhabitants claimed Hungarian, 14. 8% Slovak, 7. 2% German, and 1. 8% Polish. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. [22] Conversely, the municipal area around Košice, with a population of 29,967, had a Slovak-speaking majority of 56. 8%, 40% claimed Hungarian, and 1% German. The Jews were split among other groups by the 1910 census, as only the most frequently used language and not ethnicity was registered. [23] The linguistic balance within the town limits, too, began to shift towards Slovak after World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All During the German intervention towards the end of World War II when the town was ruled from Budapest, approximately 10,000 Jews were deported by the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party and police, and killed in concentration camps. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The First Vienna Award was the result of the First Vienna Arbitration ( November 2, 1938) which took place at Vienna 's Belvedere The Arrow Cross Party ( Hungarian: Nyilaskeresztes Párt – Hungarista Mozgalom, literally "Arrow Cross Party-Hungarist Movement" was a Far-right [24]

Economy

Košice is the economic hub of eastern Slovakia. It accounts for about 9% of the Slovak gross domestic product. [25] The steel mill U. S. Steel Košice (16,000 employees) is the largest employer in the city and the second largest employer in Slovakia. U S Steel Košice sro is a steel company located in Košice, Slovakia. [26] Other major sectors include mechanical engineering, food industry, services and trade. [27] GDP per capita in 2001 was €4,004, which was below Slovakia's average (€4,400). Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e [27] The unemployment rate was 11. 4% in September 2005,[25], which was below the country's average 15. 6% at that time. [28]

The city has a balanced budget of 2. 78 billion Slovak korunas (almost €83 million, as of 2007) with a small surplus of 25 million korunas. The Slovak koruna (slovenská koruna is the currency of Slovakia since February 8, 1993. The budget for 2008 projects spending of 2. 82 billion korunas. [29]

Sights

St. Elisabeth Cathedral
St. Elisabeth Cathedral
St. Michael's Chapel
St. Michael's Chapel
Jakab's Palace
Jakab's Palace

The city centre and most historical monuments are located in or around the Main Street (Hlavná ulica) and the town has the largest Town Monument Reserve in Slovakia. [30] The dominant monument of the city is Slovakia's biggest church, the 14th-century Gothic St. Elisabeth Cathedral, the easternmost Gothic cathedral of western type in Central Europe,[30] and is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Košice. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The St Elisabeth Cathedral (Slovak Dóm sv Alžbety, Hungarian Szent Erzsébet-székesegyház, German Dom der Heiligen Elisbeth) is a Gothic In addition to the cathedral, there is also the 14th-century St. Michael Chapel, the St. Urban Tower and the Neo-baroque State Theatre in the centre of the town. The St Michael Chapel ( Slovak: Kaplnka sv Michala) is a Gothic Chapel in Košice, Slovakia. The (St Urban Tower ( Slovak: Urbanova veža) in Košice, Slovakia is originally a Gothic prismatic Campanile with a pyramidal 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 around the 17th-18th The State Theatre Košice ( Slovak: Štátne divadlo Košice) is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia. The Executioner's Bastion and the Mill Bastion are remains the city fortification system. The Executioner’s Bastion is a Bastion situated at Stará baštová Street in the historic center of Košice, Slovakia. The Church of Virgin Mary's Birth is the cathedral for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Košice. The Greek-Catholic Church of Virgin Mary's Birth (Gréckokatolícky kostol narodenia Panny Márie is located at Moyzesova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia The Eparchy of Košice is an Eparchy of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church which covers the territory of the Košice Region in Slovakia. 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 East(ern Slovak Gallery (Východoslovenská galéria in Košice was founded in 1951 as the first regional gallery in Slovakia. The East Slovak Museum (Východoslovenské múzeum in Košice, Slovakia, is one of the oldest Slovak museums it was founded in 1872 As for the parks, there is a Municipal Park located between the historical city centre and the main railway station and the city has its own zoo, located north-west of the city, in the borough of Kavečany. The Košice Zoo (Košická zoologická záhrada is a zoo in Košice, Slovakia in the local city part of Kavečany.

Sacral buildings

Culture

Slávia, the most beautiful Art Nouveau building in Košice
Slávia, the most beautiful Art Nouveau building in Košice

Performing arts

There are several theatres in Košice. The Calvinist Church ( Slovak: Kalvínsky kostol) at Hrnčiarska ulica (English Pottery Street) in Košice, Slovakia was initially The Dominican Church ( Slovak: Dominikánsky kostol) at Dominikánske námestie (English Dominican Square) is the oldest church in Košice The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church (Evanjelický kostol at Mlynská ulica ( Mill Street) in Košice is one of the most beautiful Neoclassical The Franciscan Church (Františkánsky kostol or the Seminary Church (Slovak Seminárny kostol) at Hlavná ulica (English Main Street) is the second The Holy Spirit Church (Kostol svätého Ducha or Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit (Slovak Špitálsky kostol svätého Ducha) is the eldest building of the city The Plague Chapel of St Rosalie (Morová kaplnka sv Rozálie in Košice was built at the bottom of Red bank The Premonstratensian church (Premonštrátny kostol initially Jesuitical church (Slovak Jezuitský kostol) is the most valuable Baroque object of The Orthodox synagogue in Košice (Ortodoxná synagóga v Košiciach was built in the years 1926-1927 at Puškinova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international State Theatre Košice is a state-run theatre founded in 1945 (then under name East Slovak National Theatre). The State Theatre Košice ( Slovak: Štátne divadlo Košice) is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia. It consists of three ensembles: drama, opera and ballet. Other theatres include the Marionette Theatre and the Old Town Theatre (Staromestské divadlo). Due to the presence of Hungarian and Roma minorities, it also hosts the Hungarian "Thália" theatre and the professional Roma theatre "Romathan". [31]

Košice is also home to the State Philharmonic Košice (Štátna filharmónia Košice), established in 1968 as the second professional symphonic orchestra in Slovakia. It organizes festivals such as the Košice Music Spring, International Organ Music Festival and Festival of Contemporary Art. [32]

Museums and galleries

Some of the museums and galleries based in the city include the East Slovak Museum (Slovak: Vychodoslovenské múzeum), originally established in 1872 under name Upper Hungarian Museum. The East Slovak Museum (Východoslovenské múzeum in Košice, Slovakia, is one of the oldest Slovak museums it was founded in 1872 The Slovak Technical Museum with planetarium, established in 1947, is the only museum of technical category in Slovakia that specializes on the history and traditions of science and technology. The Slovak Technical Museum (Slovenské technické múzeum is a museum based in the eastern Slovak city of Košice, with branches throughout Slovakia A planetarium is a Theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about Astronomy and the night sky or for training in Celestial navigation [33] The East Slovak Gallery was established in 1951 as the first regional gallery, with the aim to document artistic life in present-day eastern Slovakia. The East(ern Slovak Gallery (Východoslovenská galéria in Košice was founded in 1951 as the first regional gallery in Slovakia. [34]

Sport

The oldest marathon in Europe (the second oldest in the world after the Boston Marathon) is the Košice Peace Marathon, founded in 1924, which is run on the first Sunday of October every year in in the city. The marathon is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42 The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts The Košice Peace Marathon is the oldest Marathon in Europe and the second-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon)

Ice hockey club HC Košice is one of the most successful Slovak hockey clubs. History The club existed since 1962, when it was established as an army hockey team named TJ Dukla Košice It plays in the Slovak highest league, the Extraliga, and has won three titles in 1995, 1996 and 1999 and two titles in the former Czechoslovak Extraliga. Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level Ice hockey league in Slovakia. The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite Ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1930 until 1993 when the country split into the Czech Republic Since 2006, their home is at the Steel Aréna, with a capacity of 8,343 spectators. Steel Aréna - Košický štadión L Trojáka (English The Steel Arena - Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice) is the new home arena of the Ice hockey club HC Soccer club MFK Košice currently plays in the Corgoň Liga. MFK Košice is a Slovakian football club which famously became the first Slovak club to reach the lucrative UEFA Champions League Group Stages when The Corgoň Liga is the top division of Slovak football. There are 12 teams in the competition The club reached as the first club from Slovakia the UEFA Champions League group stages and is double domestic league winner (1998, 1999). See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club After relegation in 2003, the club returned to the Corgoň Liga in 2005. Other clubs in the city include the women's basketball team KOSIT 2013 Košice.

Media

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. The Golden Beggar (Zlatý žobrák is the first and the oldest international festival of local TV broadcasters, which takes place every year in June in Košice

Government

Košice is the seat of the Košice Region, since 2002 also of the autonomous Košice Self-governing Region, and it is also the seat of the Slovak Constitutional Court. The Košice Region (Slovak Košický Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The Košice Self-governing Region ( Slovak: Košický samosprávny kraj, KSK) or the Košice Higher Territorial Unit (Slovak Košický vyšší The Constitutional Court of Slovakia (officially Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky is a special court established by the The city also hosts a regional branch of the National Bank of Slovakia, and Czech and Hungarian consulates. National Bank of Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska NBS is the Central bank of Slovakia, which is a member of the European Union and the European

The local government is composed of a mayor (Slovak: primátor), a city council (mestské zastupiteľstvo), a city board (mestská rada), city commissions (Komisie mestského zastupiteľstva) and a city magistrate's office (magistrát). The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. The directly elected mayor is the head of the city and its chief executive. Direct election is a term describing a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person persons or political party that they desire to The term of office is for four years. The current mayor, František Knapík, was nominated in 2006 by a coalition of the political parties KDH, SMK, and SDKÚ-DS. František Knapík (born 17 October 1956 in Ľubotín) is the current Mayor of the Slovak city of Košice and a member The Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH is a Political party in Slovakia. The Party of the Hungarian Coalition ( Hungarian: Magyar Koalíció Pártja, Slovak: Strana maďarskej koalície, officially registered under The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ( Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana, SDKÚ-DS

Administratively, the city of Košice is divided into four districts: Košice I (covering centre and northern parts), Košice II (covering south-west), Košice III (east) and Košice IV (south) and further into 22 boroughs (wards):

Administrative division of Košice
District Boroughs
Košice I Džungľa, Kavečany, Sever, Sídlisko Ťahanovce, Staré mesto, Ťahanovce
Košice II Lorinčík, Luník IX, Myslava, Pereš, Poľov, Sídlisko KVP, Šaca, Západ
Košice III Sídlisko dargovských hrdinov, Košická Nová Ves
Košice IV Barca, Juh, Krásna, Nad jazerom, Šebastovce, Vyšné Opátske

Education

Košice is the second university town in Slovakia, after Bratislava. Košice I is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Košice II is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košice III is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košice IV is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košice I is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Kavečany (Kavocsán is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. Before 1976, it was a separate municipality Sídlisko Ťahanovce 'seedlisko 'tyahano-utse literally Ťahanovce Housing Estate is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. Ťahanovce 'tyahanoutse is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. Košice II is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Luník IX is a borough in the city of Košice, Slovakia, in the Košice II district Šaca (Hungarian Saca) is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. The first written record about Šaca dates back to 1275. Košice III is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Košická Nová Ves (Kassa-Ujfalu is a city ward of Košice, Slovakia. Košice IV is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. Barca is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. It was originally a village in its own right Košice-Juh (literally Košice-South) is part of the city of Košice, Slovakia. Krásna ( Hungarian: Abaszéplak; Krásna means Beautiful in English is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. Technical University of Košice is the largest university, with 16,015 students, including 867 doctoral students. Technical University of Košice (Slovak Technická univerzita v Košiciach) is the second greatest university of technology in Slovakia and the first (still the only [35] Another major university is the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, with 7,403 students, including 527 doctoral students. The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice ( Slovak Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach) is a university located in Košice, Slovakia [36] Other universities and colleges include the University of Veterinary Medicine (1,381 students)[37] and the private Security Management College in Košice (1,168 students). [38] In addition, each of University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and Catholic University in Ružomberok have one faculty based in the city. University of Economics in Bratislava (Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave is the oldest university of economics in Slovakia. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is a state university in Nitra, Slovakia. If you were looking for a chemical see Nitre or Nitro. Nitra ( Neutra ( Nyitra / Nyitria) is a city in western The Catholic University in Ružomberok (Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku is a university in the town of Ružomberok in northern Slovakia.

There are 38 public elementary schools, six private elementary schools, and three religious elementary schools. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary [39] Overall, they enroll 20,158 pupils. [39] The city's system of secondary education (some middle schools and all high schools) consists of 20 gymnasia with 7,692 students,[40] 24 specialized high schools with 8,812 students,[41] and 13 vocational schools with 6,616 students. Australia See also Education A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution ATTENTION *** This article is not "Vocational education in the United States" [36][42]

Transport

Public transport in Košice is managed by Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (literally Public Transport Company of the city of Košice). The Košice public transit system operates in Košice, Slovakia. The municipal mass transit system is the oldest one in present-day Slovakia, with the first horse-car line in operation in 1891 (electrified in 1914). [13] Today, the city's public transport system is composed of buses (in use since 1950s), trams and trolleybuses (since 1990s).

Košice is also a rail hub of eastern Slovakia. It is connected by rail to Bratislava, Prešov, Čierna nad Tisou, Miskolc and Zvolen. ARTICLE TEXT BEGINS AFTER THESE COMMENTS - PLEASE READ 1 Please do not edit the lead without reading Prešov ( known also by alternative names) is a City in eastern Slovakia. Čierna nad Tisou (Tiszacsernyő is a Town and Municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of extreme south-eastern Miskolc (miʃkolts approximate pronunciation "Me-shkolts" in Slovak Miškovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East Zvolen ( Hungarian: Zólyom Altsohl is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers close to There is also a broad gauge track from Ukraine, leading to a steel mill south-west of the city. The Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track is a single line Railway track mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for Iron ore Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. U S Steel Košice sro is a steel company located in Košice, Slovakia. The D1 motorway also connects the city to Prešov and more motorways and motorroads are planned around the city. D1 is a Motorway (diaľnica in Slovakia. Its route is Bratislava ( D2 / D4) - Trnava ( R1) - Trenčín Prešov ( known also by alternative names) is a City in eastern Slovakia. [43]

The city also has an international airport, located south of the city. Košice International Airport (Medzinárodné letisko Košice serves Košice, Slovakia and is the second largest international airport in Slovakia It served 443,448 passengers in 2007, which is more than a threefold increase since 2001. [44]

Partner towns

View of Hlavná ulica (Main Street) from the St. Elizabeth Cathedral, with the State Theatre Košice building in the centre
View of Hlavná ulica (Main Street) from the St. Elizabeth Cathedral, with the State Theatre Košice building in the centre

Košice has several partner towns and sister cities around the world:[45]

See also

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