Blažov (; ) was a municipality (village) in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. It was one of the villages that ceased to exist in the course of the creation of the municipality-military area
Javorina on their territory in 1953.
Former names: Blaziv, Blasenau, Balázsvágás
A native of this village was the Greek-Catholic bishop in
Mukacheve
Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...
,
Havryil Blazhovskyi
Havryil Heorhiy Blazhovskyi, O.S.B.M. (born as Juraj Mankovič; , , , c. 1705 – 20 December 1742) was the bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic for the Ruthenians in Mukacheve from 1738 to his death in 1742.
Life
Heorhiy Blazhovskyi was born on a ...
(c.1705–1742).
* 561 m / 1870 feet above sea level
* The valley of the upper
Torysa River
The Torysa (, ) is a river in eastern Slovakia. Its source is in the Levoča Mountains and it flows through the towns of: Lipany, Sabinov, Veľký Šariš, Prešov, and into the Hornád river near Nižná Hutka, southeast of Košice
Košice ...
* The Levoča (Lewocha) Hills
* the highest hills: Čierna hora / Black Mount (1289.4 m / 4232 ft.), Škapová (1231.9 m / 4042 ft.)
* The north-western corner of the
Sabinov District
Sabinov District (''okres Sabinov'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. It lies on the highlands of Šarišská vrchovina. The district had been established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. Food, pharmace ...
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Prešov Region
The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), 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 mos ...
References
Former villages in Slovakia
Šariš
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