Štós (before 1973 ''Štos''; , earlier ''Stoos''; , earlier ''Soosz'', in the Middle Ages ''Hegyalja'') is a village and municipality in
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; , lit. 'Košice-Surroundings') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It surrounds the city of Košice, which serves as the district seat although it does not belong to the d ...
in the
Košice Region
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of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in
Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include:
Jasov,
Lucia Bania,
Medzev (Metzenseifen), and
Vyšný Medzev (Upper Metzenseifen).
History
The village developed from an old Slav mining settlement. After the
Mongol invasion of 1241, the depopulated region was resettled by German settlers. The place-name derives from the
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
family name Stoss. In 1341 many privileges were given to German miners. The village passed to
Jasov and in 1427 to SmolnÃk. After that, it belonged to the local lord Ján Baglos. In 1449 Johann Kistner from
Å titnÃk gave his part of the village to
Carthusian
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monastery of the
Spiš
Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ...
County.
References
External links
Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District
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