Borša ( hu, Borsi) is a village and municipality in the
Trebišov District
Trebišov District ( sk, okres Trebišov, ; hu, Tőketerebesi járás) is a district in
the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Zemplén, apart from a small area
in the south ...
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 ...
. The village is famed as the birthplace of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confeder ...
.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221. Borša is the hometown of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confeder ...
who was born here on
27 March
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
1676.
Rákóczi's castle in the village is being under reconstruction since 2018, serving as a museum.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 102 metres and covers an area of 9.54 km².
It has a population of about 1250 people.
Ethnicity
By the beginning of 20th century, the village had an absolute Hungarian majority. In census of 1910 during the period of
Magyarization
Magyarization ( , also ''Hungarization'', ''Hungarianization''; hu, magyarosítás), after "Magyar"—the Hungarian autonym—was an assimilation or acculturation process by which non-Hungarian nationals living in Austro-Hungarian Transleithan ...
, the village had 783 inhabitants, of which 778 were Hungarians.
In the most recent Slovak census of 2011, 644 inhabitants were Slovaks (53.0%) and 545 were Hungarians (44.9%).
Facilities
The village has a public library and a
football pitch
A football pitch (also known as soccer field) is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is typically made of natural tu ...
.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny
Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia"
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1758–1924 (parish B)