A History of Central Eastern Europe
Four towns in Zemplen Megye in Hungary are studied: Hosszu-Laz, Felso-Regmec, Nagy-Trna (now in Slovakia), and Satoralijaujhely; and two villages in the Spis region of Slovakia: Stara Ves and Majere with Lysa nad Dunajcom provide the backdrop for an overview of this part of Hungary and Upper Hungary from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Four towns in Zemplen Megye in Hungary are studied: Hosszu-Laz, Felso-Regmec, Nagy-Trna (now in Slovakia), and Satoralijaujhely; and two villages in the Spis region of Slovakia: Stara Ves and Majere with Lysa nad Dunajcom provide the backdrop for an overview of this part of Hungary and Upper Hungary from the 18th to 20th centuries.
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SPIŠSKÁ
STARÁ
VES
SPIŠ is known for the rich market towns, of which some of the wealth comes from
the veins of gold, silver and argonite in the mountains.
While SPIŠ has been a geopolitical entity throughout much of recorded history,
the term now refers an area whose northern extreme is in the MAŁOPOLSKA PROVINCE,
POLAN D. The rest, in the PREŠOVSKÝ kraj since 1996, is divided between 2 districts (okres):
the western KEŽMAROK and the eastern STARÁ ĽUBOVŇA. From 1960 to 1990 the kraj was
named VYCHODOSLOVENSKY or EASTERN SLOVAKIA, before which it was in the PREŠOVSKÝ
kraj (same name, different borders) starting in 1948.
The village of
STARÁ VES is in the
KEŽMAROK okres, 23 miles
northeast of the city of
POPRAD, in an area locals
know as the ZAMAGURIE.
The village has been
found in records from the
early 9 th century! Its
Hungarian name of
O’FALU is found in
records dated 1108 C.E. In
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