Hunkovce
Hunkovce (Rusyn: Гунківцї, Hungarian: Felsőhunkóc) is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
Hunkovce | |
---|---|
Municipality | |
Wooden church in Hunkovce | |
Hunkovce Location of Hunkovce in the Prešov Region Hunkovce Hunkovce (Slovakia) | |
Coordinates: 49°21′38″N 21°39′06″E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Prešov |
District | Svidník |
First mentioned | 1548 |
Area | |
• Total | 6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 341 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Postal code | 090 03 |
Area code(s) | +421-54 |
Car plate | SK |
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1548.
During World War II the huge Battle of the Dukla Pass took place in the area around Hunkovce. Today the town has a German World War II cemetery which contains the graves of approx. 3,000 German soldiers that participated in the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 310 metres and covers an area of 6.960 km². It has a population of about 341 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"
- Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1823-1922 (parish B)
gollark: Neural networks. So buzzword.
gollark: Why is my documents folder 25GB?
gollark: Apparently my `.config` folder is 1GB.
gollark: ```Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted ondev 4049896 0 4049896 0% /devrun 4093740 1156 4092584 1% /run/dev/mapper/arch-root 62914560 36713744 25937136 59% /tmpfs 4093740 32672 4061068 1% /dev/shmtmpfs 4093740 0 4093740 0% /sys/fs/cgrouptmpfs 4093740 8236 4085504 1% /tmp/dev/sda1 1046512 72504 974008 7% /boot/dev/mapper/arch-home 163371072 142836388 20534684 88% /hometmpfs 818748 32 818716 1% /run/user/1000```
gollark: Well, my server holds other stuff, and it has 1TB.
References
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- Surnames of living people in Hunkovce
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.