Ťahanovce (, ) is a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
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(city ward) of the city of
Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...
,
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. It was an independent village until 1969 when it was connected with Košice. Ťahanovce is home to approximately 2,000 (prevailingly elder) people and it is closely connected with the city part
.
Some of the historical names of the village Ťahanovce
* 1263 - (according to name of person)
* 1293 - possesio Thehan
* 1355 - villa Techan
* 1399 - Thehaan
* 1773 - ;
* 1786 - ;
* 1808 - ;
* 1863, 1892 -
* 1873 -
* 1888 -
* 1907, 1938 -
* 1920, 1945 -
Statistics
* Area: 7.28 km² (2016)
* Population: 2 529 (31 December 2017)
* Density of population: 350/km² (December 2017)
* District:
Košice I
Košice I () is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the bord ...
* Mayor: Ing. Ján Nigut
Gallery
Image:Tahanovce002.jpg, Saint Anne
According to apocrypha, as well as Christianity, Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's Gosp ...
church erected in 1850
Image:Saint John of Nepomuk´s chapel.jpg, Saint John of Nepomuk´s chapel erected in 1913
Image:Ťah005.jpg, Houses of Ťahanovce
File:Ťahanovce - panoráma - panoramio (1).jpg, Overall panorama of Ťahanovce and SÃdlisko Ťahanovce
References
External links
Official website of the Ťahanovce boroughArticle on the Ťahanovce borough at Cassovia.sk(in Slovak)
Official website of Košice
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Boroughs of Košice
Villages in Slovakia merged with towns