Štós is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 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 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 eastern Slovakia.

History

The village developed from an old Slovak mining settlement. After the Mongol invasion of 1241

Mongol invasion of Europe

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, the depopulated region was resettled by German settlers. The place-name derives from the German

Germans

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 family name Stoss. In 1341 many privileges where given to German miners. The village passed to Jasov

Jasov

Jasov is a small town and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.-St.John The Baptist Church:This is the biggest monastery complex in Slovakia and the , which forms its centrepiece, is considered one of the country's most important late-Baroque...

 and in 1427 to Smolenice

Smolenice

Smolenice is a village and municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava Region of Slovakia, on the foothills of the Little Carpathians. It is 60 km northeast of Bratislava and 25 km northwest of Trnava...

. After that, it belonged to the local lord Ján Baglos. In 1449 Johann Kistner from Štitník

Štítnik

Štítnik is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.-History:In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1243 by King Bela IV of Hungary, that was in a letter....

 gave his part of the village to Carthusian

Carthusian

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 monastery of the Spiš

Spiš

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 County

County

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.