Košická Polianka (; hu, Lengyelfalva ) is a
village
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and large
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
in
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; hu, Kassa-vidéki járás) 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 dist ...
in the
Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1335 by its Hungarian name ''Lengenfolua'' when it belonged to
Drugeth and Cudar families which possessed
Trstené pri Hornáde
Trstené pri Hornáde ( hu, Abaújnádasd) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1270.
Geography
The village lies at ...
. In 1337, the village passed to
Krásna nad Hornádom Krásna (literally: "beautiful" in English, hu, Abaszéplak) is a borough (city ward) of the city of Košice, Slovakia. Located in the Košice IV district, it lies at an altitude of roughly above sea level, and is home to over 5,000 people. Despi ...
’s abbey. It was recorded in 1337 as ''Lengen'', in 1427 as ''Lengenfalva'', in 1519 as ''Lengelfalva'', in 1630 as ''Lengyelfalva''. The village later became a Kassa (now:
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) 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 a ...
) town estate and successively it belonged to the Palasthy family. According to legends, the village seems to have been established by
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
settlers.
Geography
The
village
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lies at an altitude of 195 metres and covers an area of 8.216 km².
It has a
population
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of about 90 people.
External links
*http://www.cassovia.sk/kpolianka/
Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District
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