Poruba pod Vihorlatom

Poruba pod Vihorlatom (until 1948 Slovak "Nemecká Poruba"; German Nickelsdorf , Hungarian Németvágás - until 1907 Németporuba ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with 609 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) that the Michalovce District , part of the kraj Košický and is located in the traditional Zemplín landscape .

geography

The community is located at the transition from the East Slovakian lowlands to the Vihorlat Mountains not far from the Zemplínska šírava reservoir and is traversed by the Porubský creek . The town center is located at an altitude of 193 m nm and is 11 kilometers from Sobrance and 19 kilometers from Michalovce .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1418 as Nemethporuba . According to a tax register, the village had 18 portals in 1427 , then 16 households and a mill in 1722 and finally 88 houses and 522 inhabitants in 1828. The main sources of income were agriculture and viticulture.

The original inhabitants were German settlers who later emigrated into the mountains to find iron ore sites near what is now Remetské Hámre . Instead, Russians settled in the village.

Until 1918/1919 the place in Ung County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or today Slovakia.

population

Results after the 2001 census (625 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

99.36% Slovaks
0.32% Czechs
0.32% Ukrainians

By denomination:

86.56% Greek Catholic
10.24% Roman Catholic
1.12% non-denominational
1.12% Orthodox
0.64% Protestant

Buildings

Greek Catholic church in the classical style from the 19th century

Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)