Medzev
Sign in to saveMedzev (, , also known as Metzenseifen to Americans) is a town and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include: Jasov, Lucia Bania, Vyšný Medzev (Upper Metzenseifen), and Stos. Historically, It belonged to one of the original mountain towns in the Lower Zips/Dolný Spis: Gelnica/Göllnitz, Smolník/Schmöllnitz, Nálepkovo/Wagendrüssel, Krompachy/Krompach, Mníšek nad Hnilcom/Einsiedel, Švedlár/Schwedler.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Medzev
- Slovak place.other_name
- Metzenseifen
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Dolný Medzev kostel.JPG
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Medzev-kosice okolie-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Metzenseifen Coat of Arms.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Košice-okolie District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Medzev in the Košice Region##Location of Medzev in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Valeria Flachbartová
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1359
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 318
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Medzev
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Košice-okolie District
- Population
- 4181
- Area
- 31.861
- Elevation
- 318
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Bodva
- Official website
- www.medzev.sk
- Image
- Dolný Medzev kostel.JPG
- Dialing code
- 055
- Licence plate code
- KS
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- Commons category
- Medzev
- twinned administrative body
- Bucine
- postal code
- 04425
- topic's main category
- Category:Medzev
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- time of earliest written record
- 1359-00-00
- inception
- 1359-00-00
- native label
- Medzev
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- The first settlement
- ''The Little Village'' "Das Dörfl"
- The original settlers
- Timeline of earliest known events
- Summary
- Panorama of the Bodva Valley
- Geography
- People
- Notable people
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notes
- References
- External links
Medzev (, , also known as Metzenseifen to Americans) is a town and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include: Jasov, Lucia Bania, Vyšný Medzev (Upper Metzenseifen), and Stos. Historically, It belonged to one of the original mountain towns in the Lower Zips/Dolný Spis: Gelnica/Göllnitz, Smolník/Schmöllnitz, Nálepkovo/Wagendrüssel, Krompachy/Krompach, Mníšek nad Hnilcom/Einsiedel, Švedlár/Schwedler.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medzev” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations