Kobylnice (Svidník District)
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Kobylnice (; ) is a village and municipality in
Svidník District Svidník District (''okres Svidník'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Šariš (Sáros). Municipalities * Belejovce * Beňadikovce * Bodružal * Cernina * ...
in the
Prešov Region The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...
of north-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 ...
.


History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1363. Kobylnice is the (somewhat disputed) birthplace of Saint
Alexis Toth Alexis Georgievich Toth (also Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 14, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the Midwestern United States who, having resigned his position as a Byzantine Catholic priest in the Ruthenian Catho ...
(1854–1909).


Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 230 metres and covers an area of 10.425 km2. It has a population of about 104 people.


Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1776–1897 (parish B) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1862–1933 (parish A)


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 ...


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of living people in Kobylnice
Villages and municipalities in Svidník District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub