Milhost
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|Region
|Košice
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|District
|Košice-okolie
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|Location
| 48° 32' N.
21° 16' E.
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|Altitude
|166 metres
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|Area
|7,782 km²
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|Population
|373
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Milhosť is a village
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 Košice-okolie District
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia around the city of Košice, which isn't part of the district. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abov-Turňa, apart from a small area in the north which formed part of the county of Šariš...
in the Kosice 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 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...
. It is situated 21 km far from Slovakia's second biggest city, Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
. Milhosť is surrounded by two neighbouring villages Kechnec
Kechnec
Kechnec is a village in eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 180 metres and covers an area of 10.211 km². The municipality is part of the administrative units Košice-okolie District and Košice Region. It has a population of about 960 people.-History:Historically, the...
and Seňa
Sena
The word sena literally means army in Hindi and Bangla, and to praise in arabic language.In Benin, West Africa, the name SENA means "bringing Heaven to Earth".Sena could also refer to:-Places:...
. Moreover it is a border crossing village between Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(Tornyosnémeti) and Slovakia (Milhosť).
History
The first historical recordsHistory
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
of Milhosť are from [1220]. At this time German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
colonists, who came during the years 1205-1209 A.D., were living in this area The village had not been an independent ham in the 13th century. It was just a settlement which belonged to a village called Középnémeti. The first written record of Milhosť appears in the 14th century, which mentioned a St. Michael
Michael (archangel)
Michael , Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; , Mikhaḗl; or Míchaël; , Mīkhā'īl) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings. Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as Saint Michael the Archangel and also simply as Saint Michael...
´s chapel from 1322,however the chapels' location is not known today. The name of the village changed over the years. It varied from Felsekysnemethy to its present form Milhosť.
Village names:
- 1403- Felsekysnemethy, Myglez
- 1405- Kysnemety, Mikliz
- 1415- Kis Németi, Miglész
- 1427- Migles
- 1512- Kis Nemethi
- 1523- Migleznemethy
- 1746- Miglécz
- 1773- 1786, 1790, 1808- Miglécz
- 1863- 1902, 1920- 1938- Migléc
- 1907-1913, 1938- 1945- Miglécnémeti
- 1945- 1947 Migléc
- 1948- 1964 Milhosť
- 1964- 1985 Hraničná pri Hornáde/border crossing village next to Hornád/ (Milhosť + Kechnec)
- 1993 Milhosť (gained its independence), Migléc
Only Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
were living in this area till 1500 AD. At the beginning of the 16th century Hungarian families arrived and as a result the number of the German population decreased. There are no records of German families after 1600 AD but there was an increase in Slovak settlers. In 1720 AD the number of Hungarian and Slovak
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
inhabitants was equal. The arrival of the first Jews began in 1787 and Roma people in the year 1850.
Coat of arms
The seal of Milhosť ioriginates from the year 1839 with the inscription „Miglécz helység petsétye 1839“ (seal of the village Milhosť 1839)The village's coat of arms, from the 1990s, was made according to the seal's pattern.
Two men can be seen on the coat of arms standing on green grass with hats on their heads. One of them is holding a flail and the other one a scythe. A share and a coulter are placed between them , which are golden coloured. A golden sun is shining between the men on red background.
The Graveyard
The Graveyard in Milhosť is divided between 3 owners: the western part belongs to the municipality, the left one to the CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
church and the right to the Reformed church. A mortuary is part of the cemetery since 28. Aug. 1994.
In the graveyard, there are graves with old ornamented wooden tombstones
Headstone
A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. In most cases they have the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on them, along with a personal message, or prayer.- Use :...
called as „gombfa“. Three types of those tomb-stones were used among the Reformed: different ones for men, women and children. Catholics used wooden crosses. Stone tomb-stones also can be seen from the years 1899, 1900, 1906...
Skulls are carved on the top of a pair of tomb stones with an opening; these are the oldest tombstones in the graveyard. Because of their condition the inscriptions on them cannot be read.
A Jewish cemetery is part of the municipality too. Not many people know about it, which is why it is not well maintained.
Geography
The villageVillage
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lies at an altitude of 166 metres and covers an area of 7.782 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 344 people (2001).
Ethnicity
Approximately half of the population is SlovakSlovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
(54.9%) in ethnicity, the other half is Magyar (41.8%) and Roma 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...
and a petrol station.
CSEMADOK
CSEMADOK, also written Csemadok, is a cultural society of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia.CSEMADOK was formed on March 5, 1949 in Bratislava as a part of the Czechoslovak National Front, an umbrella state-wide organization...
(Csehszlovákiai Magyar Dolgozók Kulturális Szövetsége / Czechoslovak Hungarian Workers´ Cultural Association), with around 10-15 Hungarian speaking members. A variety is performed by them each winter to entertain the villagers. A couple of the members are invited to various occasion to the neighbouring villages, to Hungarian villages as well, to perform small plays or sing.