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Herľany (; ) is a
of living people in Herlany
Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District Cold water geysers Geysers in Slovakia {{Košice-okolie-geo-stub
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''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
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.
Sights
The village is known for the only full-scalegeyser
A geyser (, ) is a spring with an intermittent water discharge ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam. The formation of geysers is fairly rare and is caused by particular hydrogeological conditions that exist only in a few places on Ea ...
in Slovakia, one of the few cold water geyser
Cold-water geysers are geysers that have eruptions whose water spurts are propelled by bubbles, instead of the hot steam which drives the more familiar hot-water geysers: The gush of a cold-water geyser is identical to the spurt from a freshl ...
s in the world. It erupts periodically every 24–32 hours, with the water reaching a 10–15 m height since 1872. An eruption lasts around 25 minutes.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1755-1895 (parish B) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1788-1912 (parish B) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1775-1895 (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 ...
* Sivá Brada
References
External links
of living people in Herlany
Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District Cold water geysers Geysers in Slovakia {{Košice-okolie-geo-stub