Matejovce nad Hornádom ( hu, Hernádmáté) is a village and municipality in the

Spišská Nová Ves District Spišská Nová Ves District ( sk, okres Spišská Nová Ves) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. The district in its present borders was established in 1996. Administrative, economic and cultural center ...

in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.

History

The village was first mentioned in historical records in . An artist, known only as "The Master of the Main Altar in Matejovce", has left a series of notable paintings, such as an Adoration of the Magi, painted at some tome time between 1440 and 1450.Winged Altarpieces in Medieval Hungary
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Geography

The village lies at an altitude of and covers an area of . In 2011 has a population of 500 inhabitants.

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*http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/matejovcenadhornadom/matejovce-nad-hornadom.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20100927065017/http://www.matejovcenadhornadom.ocu.sk/ Villages and municipalities in Spišská Nová Ves District {{Košice-geo-stub