Čučma () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Rožňava District Rožňava District (''okres Rožňava'') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Gömör és Kishont, apart from the area in the south-east around ...

in the

Košice Region The Košice Region ( sk, Košický kraj, , hu, Kassai kerület; uk, Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It c ...

of eastern

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 s ...

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1300. Village has long mining traditions, there were several mines in the village where iron ore was extracted. Village has several historical monuments: * Baroque-classicist bell tower from the 18th century * Educational trial dedicated to the local mining history. It includes an old mining tunnel and a replica of a medieval mining device, which was built according to the medieval painting Rožňavská metercia. * Maurer's Villa - secessionist villa that belonged to the polyhistor Arthur Maurer.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 345 metres and covers an

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of 11.697 km². It has a

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of about 585 people.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1672-1898 (parish B) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1632-1925 (parish B)

History

Geography

Genealogical resources

See also