Slovenská Kajňa ( hu, Alsónyírjes) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the

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 ...

of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres and covers an area of 6.729 km². It has a population of about 783 people.

Gallery

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Slovenska Kajna

Notable people

Marcel Matanin Marcel Matanin (born December 15, 1973, in Vranov nad Topľou) is a long-distance runner from Slovakia, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 81st and last place ...

is a former long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. There he finished in 81st and last place, clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On 23 April 2006 Matanin won the

Leipzig Marathon The Leipzig Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres held in the city of Leipzig, Germany since 1977. The event began as an East German competition and it hosted the German Democratic Republic's nation ...

in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010). Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon. * ''Tomáš Oslovič'' is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Landesliga Bayern-Mitte club

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in Germany. His former clubs were

MFK Vranov nad Topľou MFK Vranov nad Topľou is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Vranov nad Topľou. The club was founded in 1901 and has spent three years in the Czechoslovakian second division and five years in the Slovakian second tier. Colors and b ...

, Czech

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and German clubs ''SV Schwarzhofen e.V'', ''SV Mitterteich''.Tomas Oslovic
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External links

* * *http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

References

Villages in Slovakia Villages and municipalities in Vranov nad Topľou District Zemplín (region) {{Prešov-geo-stub