Chrasť nad Hornádom
Village and municipality in Slovakia
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Chrasť nad Hornádom (Hungarian: Haraszt) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
Etymology
Chrasť - a dense bush, brushwood (Slovak from Proto-Slavic chvorstь).[1] Horost (1280).[1]
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1280.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 420 metres and covers an area of 9.387 km2. In 2011 had a population of 840 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1713-1897 (parish A)
See also
References
- ^ a b Krajčovič, Rudolf (2009). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (16)". Kultúra slova (4). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 216.
External links
- http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/chrastnadhornadom/chrast-nad-hornadom.html
- http://www.chrastnadhornadom.ocu.sk
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- Surnames of living people in Chrast nad Hornadom
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Municipalities of Spišská Nová Ves District
- Krompachy
- Spišská Nová Ves
- Spišské Vlachy
- Arnutovce
- Betlanovce
- Bystrany
- Danišovce
- Harichovce
- Hincovce
- Hnilčík
- Hnilec
- Hrabušice
- Chrasť nad Hornádom
- Iliašovce
- Jamník
- Kaľava
- Kolinovce
- Letanovce
- Lieskovany
- Markušovce
- Matejovce
- Mlynky
- Odorín
- Olcnava
- Oľšavka
- Poráč
- Rudňany
- Slatvina
- Slovinky
- Smižany
- Spišské Tomášovce
- Spišský Hrušov
- Teplička
- Vítkovce
- Vojkovce
- Žehra
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48°56′N 20°42′E / 48.933°N 20.700°E / 48.933; 20.700
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