Borša () is a village and municipality in the
Trebišov District
Trebišov District (, ; ) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in
the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian county of Zemplén County, Ze ...
in the
Košice Region
The Košice Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which ...
of eastern
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 village is famed as the birthplace of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of ...
.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221. Borša is the hometown of
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of ...
who was born here on
27 March 1676.
Rákóczi's castle in the village is being under reconstruction since 2018, serving as a museum.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 102 metres and covers an area of 9.54 km².
It has a population of about 1250 people.
Ethnicity
By the beginning of 20th century, the village had an absolute
Hungarian majority. In census of 1910 during the period of
Magyarization
Magyarization ( , also Hungarianization; ), after "Magyar"—the Hungarian autonym—was an assimilation or acculturation process by which non-Hungarian nationals living in the Kingdom of Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, adop ...
, the village had 783 inhabitants, of which 778 were Hungarians.
In the most recent Slovak census of 2011, 644 inhabitants were Slovaks (53.0%) and 545 were Hungarians (44.9%).
Facilities
The village has a public library and a
football pitch
A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is ty ...
.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny
Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia"
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1758–1924 (parish B)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
Surnames of living people in Borsa
Villages and municipalities in Trebišov District
Zemplín (region)
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