Krásny Brod ( rue, Красный Брід; uk, Красний Брід; hu, Laborcrév) 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 ...

and

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in the

Medzilaborce District Medzilaborce District (''okres Medzilaborce'') is a district in the Prešov Region of northeastern Slovakia. It is the least populated of Slovakia's 79 districts. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín. ...

in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1557.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 301 metres and covers an

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of 15.113 km². It has a

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of about 425 people.

Gallery

File:KrasnyBrod monaster.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Krasny-Brod ruines monastère chevet.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Villages14Slovakia615.JPG, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Krasny Brod monastyr 1930.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) in 1930 File:Villages14Slovakia607.JPG, Information on the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Kastiel Krasny Brod.jpg, Derelict manor house in Krásny Brod File:Krasny-Brod nouveau monastère.jpg, New Basilian monastery in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia593.JPG, Orthodox church in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia588.JPG, Orthodox church in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia625.JPG, Funeral home at cemetery in Krásny Brod

References

External links

* * *https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Medzilaborce District {{Prešov-geo-stub