Streda nad Bodrogom
Encyclopedia
Streda nad Bodrogom is a village in Slovakia
near Trebišov
in the Košice Region
.
The village has the lowest altitude (94 m above sea level) in Slovakia.
The village is an important archeological site (findings from the Mesolithic
, Neolithic
, Eneolithic, Bronze Age
, grave-mounds from the late 1st century BC, Slavic
finds from the 7th and 8th century, early Magyar graves).
The first written mention of the village dates back to 1320. An old castle near the village was destroyed by imperial (Austrian) troops in 1670.
In 2001 it had a population of 2459, of whom 1476 were ethnic Hungarians (60.02%), 896 Slovak (36.43%) and 87 (3.53%) other, mainly Roma.
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...
near Trebišov
Trebišov
Trebišov is a small industrial town in the easternmost part of Slovakia, with a population of around 23,000. The town is an administrative, economic and cultural center with machine and building materials industries.-History:...
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...
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The village has the lowest altitude (94 m above sea level) in Slovakia.
The village is an important archeological site (findings from the Mesolithic
Mesolithic
The Mesolithic is an archaeological concept used to refer to certain groups of archaeological cultures defined as falling between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic....
, Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
, Eneolithic, Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
, grave-mounds from the late 1st century BC, Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
finds from the 7th and 8th century, early Magyar graves).
The first written mention of the village dates back to 1320. An old castle near the village was destroyed by imperial (Austrian) troops in 1670.
In 2001 it had a population of 2459, of whom 1476 were ethnic Hungarians (60.02%), 896 Slovak (36.43%) and 87 (3.53%) other, mainly Roma.