Pozdišovce () 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

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Michalovce District Michalovce District (''okres Michalovce'') is a district in the Košice Region 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 e ...

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.

History

In historical records, the

was first mentioned in 1315. It lies in the Zemplín

lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of a ...

. The town of Pozdišovce is commonly found on historical documents under the name of Pazdics. (Pazdics, being the Hungarian form of Pozdišovce.)

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 123 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 18.049 km². The

has 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 about 1266 people.

Culture

The village has a public

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and a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

field. Pozdišovce is famous throughout the country for its unique ceramics manufacturing tradition, with dark glazing and unusual ornaments.

Cultural heritage monuments

* Lutheran church * Greek Catholic churc
3D model
* Pozdišovce manor house

Transport

Pozdišovce lies on the main eastward route from

Košice Košice 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 approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

Michalovce Michalovce (; , , Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: מיכאלאָווצע ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; ) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Michael ...

and to the Slovak-Ukrainian border crossing at

Vyšné Nemecké Vyšné Nemecké (, ) is a small village in the Sobrance District, Košice Region, right on the Slovak side of the main international road border with Ukraine, opposite the city of Uzhhorod Uzhhorod (, ; , ; , ) is a List of cities in Ukraine ...

. The village of Pozdišovce has three bus stops and regular bus services to

Sečovce Sečovce (; ; ) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History The town was first mentioned in year 1255 on the list of king Béla IV of Hungary, Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494, a Roman Catholic churc ...

and various neighbouring rural municipalities.

Gallery

File:Pozdišovce 19 Slovakia.jpg, Entering Pozdišovce from the west, on the main road between

and

File:Pozdišovce, Evangelický kostol.jpg, Lutheran church in Pozdišovce File:Pozdišovce 19 Slovakia1.jpg, A street in Pozdišovce File:Pozdišovská keramika - tanečnice.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Tradičná ľudová činnosť, hrnčiarstvo 20 Slovakia 2.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Tradičná ľudová činnosť, hrnčiarstvo 20 Slovakia. 3.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika 18 Slovakia2.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics File:Pozdišovská keramika - malý tanier.jpg, Traditional Pozdišovce glazed and decorated ceramics

References

Villages and municipalities in Michalovce District {{Michalovce-geo-stub