Krásnohorské Podhradie
Encyclopedia
Krásnohorské Podhradie is a village
and municipality
in the Rožňava District
in the Košice Region
of middle-eastern Slovakia
.
The town has an absolute Hungarian majority http://adatbazis.mtaki.hungary.com/?mtaki_id=103658&settlement_name=. The town is dominated by its namesake, the iconic Hungarian Castle of Krasznahorka.
lies at an altitude
of 369 metres and covers an area
of 23.171 km².
It has a population
of about 2,480 people.
, a football pitch
, and an iconic Hungarian castle. The Krasznahorka castle has come to symbolize the plight of Hungarians involuntarily separated from their homeland by the Treaty of Trianon
. It was immortalized in the 2008 song "Kraszna horka" by Kárpátia.http://www.karpatiazenekar.hu/oldal/album.php
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Rožňava District
Rožnava District
Rožňava District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Gömör és Kishont, apart from the area in the south-east around the municipalities of Silická Jablonica, Hrušov, Jablonov nad Turňou and Hrhov which formed...
in the Košice Region
Košice Region
The Košice Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 11 districts .-Geography:It is located in the southern part of eastern Slovakia and covers an area of 6,752 km²...
of middle-eastern Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
.
The town has an absolute Hungarian majority http://adatbazis.mtaki.hungary.com/?mtaki_id=103658&settlement_name=. The town is dominated by its namesake, the iconic Hungarian Castle of Krasznahorka.
Geography
The villageVillage
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
lies at an altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
of 369 metres and covers an area
Area
Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
of 23.171 km².
It has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of about 2,480 people.
Culture
The village has a public libraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, a football pitch
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
, and an iconic Hungarian castle. The Krasznahorka castle has come to symbolize the plight of Hungarians involuntarily separated from their homeland by the Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...
. It was immortalized in the 2008 song "Kraszna horka" by Kárpátia.http://www.karpatiazenekar.hu/oldal/album.php