Pozdišovce ( hu, Pazdics) 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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Michalovce District Michalovce District (''okres Michalovce'') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...

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.

History

In historical records, the

was first mentioned in 1315. It lies in the Zemplín

lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of p ...

. The town of Pozdišovce is commonly found on historical documents under the name of Pazdics. (Pazdics, being the Hungarian form of Pozdišovce.)

Geography

The

lies at an

altitude Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...

of 123 metres and covers an

area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...

of 18.049 km². The

has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of about 1266 people.

Culture

The village has a public

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...

and a football field. Pozdišovce is famous throughout the country for its unique ceramics manufacturing tradition, with dark glazing and unusual ornaments.

Cultural heritage monuments

* Lutheran church * Greek Catholic churc
3D model
* Pozdišovce manor house

Transport

Pozdišovce lies on the main eastward route from Košice to

Michalovce Michalovce (; hu, Nagymihály, german: Großmichel, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish: ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; uk, Михайлівці) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Micha ...

and to the Slovak-Ukrainian border crossing at

Vyšné Nemecké Vyšné Nemecké ( hu, Felsőnémeti, uk, Ви́шнє Німе́цьке) is a small village in the Sobrance District, Košice Region, right on the Slovak side of the main international road border with Ukraine, opposite the city of Uzhhorod ...

. The village of Pozdišovce has three bus stops and regular bus services to

Sečovce Sečovce (; hu, Gálszécs; uk, Сечівці) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History The town was first mentioned in year 1255 on the list of king Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494, a Roman Ca ...

, Košice and various neighbouring rural municipalities.

Gallery

File:Pozdišovce 19 Slovakia.jpg, Entering Pozdišovce from the west, on the main road between Košice and

File:Pozdišovce, Evangelický kostol.jpg, Lutheran church in Pozdišovce File:Pozdišovce 19 Slovakia1.jpg, A street in Pozdišovce File:Pozdišovská keramika - tanečnice.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Tradičná ľudová činnosť, hrnčiarstvo 20 Slovakia 2.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Tradičná ľudová činnosť, hrnčiarstvo 20 Slovakia. 3.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika 18 Slovakia2.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika - malý tanier.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html—broken link Villages and municipalities in Michalovce District {{Michalovce-geo-stub