Blažov ( hu, Balázsvágás; rue, Блажів) was a municipality (village) in
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 ...
. It was one of the villages that ceased to exist in the course of the creation of the municipality-military area
Javorina
Javorina was a military district in the Kežmarok District in northern Slovakia, in the Levoča Hills. Its area is 316.24 km² and has no permanent population.
History
The military district was created in 1952. It was created from the whole ...
on their territory in 1953.
Former names: Blaziv, Blasenau, Balázsvágás
A native of this village was the Greek-Catholic bishop in
Mukacheve
Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...
,
Havryil Blazhovskyi (c.1705–1742).
* 561 m / 1870 feet above sea level
* The valley of the upper
Torysa River
The Torysa (, hu, Tarca) 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
Nižná Hutka ( hu, Als ...
* 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 ( 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 o ...
Former villages in Slovakia
Šariš
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