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Kamienka, Stará Ľubovňa District
Kamienka ( rue, Камюнка, ''Kamiunka''; uk, Камйонка, ''Kamionka'') is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. The village is traditionally inhabited by Rusyns, as one of their westernmost settlements. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1342. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area of . It has a population of about 1409 people. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1624-1945 (parish B) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1787-1924 (parish A) Here were born two Greek-Catholic bishops, Ivan Bradach (1732–1772) and his younger brother Mykhaylo Bradach (1748–1815) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prešov Region
The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the most populous of all the regions in Slovakia. Its administrative center is the city of Prešov. Geography It is located in the north-eastern Slovakia and has an area of 8,975 km2. The region has a predominantly mountainous landscape. The subdivisions of Tatras – High Tatras and Belianske Tatras lie almost entirely in the region and include the highest point of Slovakia – Gerlachovský štít (2,654 ASL). Other mountain ranges and highlands in the region are Šarišská vrchovina, Čergov, Ondavská vrchovina, Slanské vrchy, Pieniny, Levoča Hills, Laborecká vrchovina, Bukovské vrchy, Vihorlat Mountains and Eastern Slovak Lowland. The basins in Prešov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stará Ľubovňa District
Stará Ľubovňa District (''okres Stará Ľubovňa'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was almost entirely part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Spiš, apart from a small area in the east which formed part of the county of Šariš. Municipalities *Čirč * Ďurková * Forbasy * Hajtovka * Haligovce *Hniezdne * Hraničné * Hromoš *Chmeľnica * Jakubany *Jarabina * Kamienka * Kolačkov * Kremná *Kyjov * Lacková * Legnava * Lesnica * Litmanová * Lomnička *Ľubotín *Malý Lipník * Matysová * Mníšek nad Popradom * Nižné Ružbachy *Nová Ľubovňa * Obručné * Orlov * Plaveč * Plavnica *Podolínec * Pusté Pole * Ruská Voľa nad Popradom *Stará Ľubovňa * Starina * Stráňany * Sulín * Šambron * Šarišské Jastrabie * Údol *Veľká Lesná * Veľký Lipník * Vislanka *Vyšné Ružbachy Vyšné Ružbachy (german: Oberrauschenbach; hu, Felsőzúgó) is a spa village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusyns
Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic languages, East Slavic Variety (linguistics), language variety, treated variously as either a distinct language or a dialect of the Ukrainian language. As traditional adherents of Eastern Christianity, the majority of Rusyns are Eastern Catholics, though a minority of Rusyns still practice Eastern Orthodoxy. Rusyns primarily self-identify as a distinct Slavs, Slavic people and they are recognized as such in Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia, where they have official national minority, minority status. Alternatively, some identify more closely with their country of residence (i.e. Poles, Polish, Slovaks, Slovak), while others are a branch of the Ukrainians, Ukrainian people. Rusyns are descended from an East Slavic population which inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Bradach
Ivan Bradach, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Іван Брадач, hu, Bradács János; 14 February 1732 – 4 July 1772) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the titular bishop of Rhosus and last Vicar Apostolic for the Ruthenians from 1768 to 1771 and the first eparchial bishop of the new created Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1771 to 1772. Born in Torysky, Habsburg monarchy (present day – Slovakia) in 1732, he was ordained a priest on 30 September 1755 for the Basilian Order. Ivan Bradach was an older brother of a future Bishop Mykhaylo Bradach and nephew of Bishops Stefan Olshavskyi and Manuil Olshavskyi. At the death of his predecessor, he was appointed, on 27 January 1768 as general vicar by the Latin bishop of Eger and the Vicar Apostolic for the Ruthenians with titular see of Rhosus. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 20 April 1768. The principal consecrator was Bishop Meletie Covaci. On 23 September 1771 Bishop Bradach was confirmed as the first bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykhaylo Bradach
Mykhaylo Bradach ( uk, Михайло Брадач; 2 April 1748 – 20 December 1815) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was titular bishop of Dorylaeum, auxiliary bishop (from 1808) and Apostolic Administrator of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1812 to 1815. Life Born in Kamienka, Kingdom of Hungary (present day – Slovakia) in 1748, he was ordained a priest on 15 August 1777. He was a younger brother of Bishop Ivan Bradach and nephew of Bishops Stefan Olshavskyi and Manuil Olshavskyi. He was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop by the Holy See on 30 September 1808. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 8 January 1809. The principal consecrator was Bishop Samuil Vulcan. In 1812 Bishop Bradach was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Mukacheve, that was vacant from 1809. He died in Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities And Towns In Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (''okresy'', singular ''okres''), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (''kraje'', singular ''kraj''); articles on individual districts and regions list their municipalities. * Ábelová * Abovce * Abrahám * Abrahámovce, Bardejov District * Abrahámovce, Kežmarok District * Abramová * Abranovce * Adamovské Kochanovce * Adidovce * Alekšince * Andovce * Andrejová * Ardanovce * Ardovo * Arnutovce * Báb, Nitra District, Báb * Babie * Babín * Babiná * Babindol * Babinec, Slovakia, Babinec * Bacúch * Bacúrov * Báč * Bačka (village), Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
