Štrkovec

Štrkovec (Hungarian: Kövecses) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia, near the border to Hungary. It has been part of Hungary until the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. Its Hungarian name is Kövecses.

The Rimavská Sobota District in the Banská Bystrica Region

While Strkovec is in Slovakian, the original name for the municipality in Hungarian is Køvecses. In Hungarian, "Køvecses" means " little stone or pebble in the river"


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