Hermanovce nad Topľou

Hermanovce nad Topľou (until 1960 "Hermanovce"; German Hermann village , Hungarian Tapolyhermány ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with 694 inhabitants (December 31, 2019), which for Okres Vranov nad Topľou , part of kraj Prešovský belongs.

geography

The village is located at the northeastern foot of the Slanské vrchy Mountains by the Hermanovský creek . The center of the village is at an altitude of 280 m nm and is 22 kilometers from Vranov nad Topľou and 32 kilometers from Prešov .

There are several nature reserves in the municipality: the nature reserve Hermanovské skaly , an andesite rock formation up to 80 meters high, a national nature reserve around the mountain Šimonka ( 1092 m nm ), the highest mountain of Slanské vrchy, and the "local mountain" Oblík ( 925 m nm ) west of the place, also a national nature reserve.

history

A settlement on the site of today's village was built around the middle of the 14th century and was founded by a German mayor under German law. The first church is said to have been built during this time. The village was first mentioned in writing in 1399. Since the brook was also the border between the Sáros and Semplin counties , the village consisted of two parts until 1882: the part on the left bank in Sáros county belonged to the estate of Solivar ( Salzburg in German ), the right bank part of Semplin was an estate of Čičava Castle .

In 1828 there were 84 houses and 612 inhabitants in the village.

population

Results after the 2001 census (653 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

99.69% Slovaks
0.15% Russian

By denomination:

60.18% Protestant
27.87% Roman Catholic
2.76% Greek Catholic

Attractions

Protestant church from 1993
Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Lord from 1650