Strážne (Slovakia)
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Strážne () is a village located in
Trebišov District Trebišov District (, ; ) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian county of Zemplén County, Ze ...
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 ...
in
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- some 353 km east of
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, the country's capital. Formerly a part of
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, there are more ethnic
Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...
located in Strážne than
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despite it being Slovak territory - 596 Hungarians to 51 Slovaks - and being part of many Hungarian settlements in Slovakia on the border. Its Hungarian name 'Örös' comes from the Hungarian name Örs although historical documents show the name to be 'Őrös' Located in the village there is a
reformed church Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyterian, ...
. First recorded around 1700 as a wooden church however this
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
was later destroyed, thestone church located on this site was built in 1806 however it was burnt down 35 years later in 1841 and major reconstruction did not start until 1877 and end until 1894. A renovation started in 1935 and has been a functioning place of worship ever since.


References

*http://telepulesek.adatbank.sk/telepules/oros-strazne/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20121130174508/http://www.reformata.sk/?page=congr_145 Košice Region {{slovakia-geo-stub