Krásny Brod (; ; ) is a

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 the

Medzilaborce District Medzilaborce District (''okres Medzilaborce'') is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Prešov Region of northeastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, county of Kingdom of H ...

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 far 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 9th century. It was the original Temple to Kupala which records date to the 5th century B.C. The first Christian church on the site was built around the 9th century, and was established by

Saints Cyril and Methodius Cyril (; born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (; born Michael, 815–885) were brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs". They are ...

. The Monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit was built on the ruins of these early churches in the 14th century. Before the establishment of independent

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

in 1918, it was part of

Zemplén County Zemplén (, , , ) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The northern part of its territory is now situated in eastern Slovakia (Zemplín (region), Zemplín region), while a smaller so ...

within the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

. From 1939 to 1944, it was part of the

Slovak Republic 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 ...

. In 1944, the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

dislodged the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

from Krásny Brod and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Geography

The

lies at an

altitude Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...

of 301 metres and covers an

area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

of 15.113 km². In 2023 it had a

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of 446 people.

Gallery

File:KrasnyBrod monaster.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Krasny-Brod ruines monastère chevet.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Villages14Slovakia615.JPG, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Krasny Brod monastyr 1930.jpg, Ruins of the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) in 1930 File:Villages14Slovakia607.JPG, Information on the old Basilian monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Krásny Brod (est. 14th century) File:Kastiel Krasny Brod.jpg, Derelict manor house in Krásny Brod File:Krasny-Brod nouveau monastère.jpg, New Basilian monastery in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia593.JPG, Orthodox church in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia588.JPG, Orthodox church in Krásny Brod File:Villages14Slovakia625.JPG, Funeral home at cemetery in Krásny Brod

References

Villages and municipalities in Medzilaborce District Zemplín (region) {{Prešov-geo-stub