Kojšov

Kojšov (until 1927 Slovak and "Kolšov"; German Koischdorf , Hungarian Kojsó ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with 705 inhabitants (December 31, 2019), which for Okres Gelnica , a circle of kraj Košický belongs.

geography

Place view

Greek Catholic Church in the village

The municipality is located in the valley of the Rieka brook , a side valley in the catchment area of the Hnilec (German Göllnitz ) in the Volovské vrchy Mountains (part of the Slovak Ore Mountains ). The municipality is therefore largely mountainous: the lowest point is at an altitude of 420 m nm , the highest point is the 1246 m nm high peak of the Kojšovská hoľa mountain (German Koischdorfer Höhe ) south of the village. The center of the village lies at an altitude of 471 m nm and is 14 kilometers by road from Gelnica and 37 kilometers by road from Košice .

history

Kojšov was first mentioned in writing in 1368 as Koys , and only 100 years later as part of the Spiš Castle estate . The location of the place determined the main sources of income: agriculture (sheep and cattle breeding), forestry and mining in the 16th century. In 1828 there are 129 houses and 933 inhabitants.

population

Results after the 2001 census (774 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

98.52% Slovaks
9.27% gypsies
0.13% Poland
0.13% Czechs

By denomination:

66.40% Greek Catholic
23.79% Roman Catholic
5.51% Orthodox
2.69% non-denominational

Buildings

Greek Catholic Peter and Paul Church from 1806

Sons and daughters of the church

Juraj Jakubisko (* 1938), Slovak director

Web links

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