Rákoš (Revúca)

Rákoš (Hungarian Gömörrákos - until 1907 Rákos ) is a municipality in the center of Slovakia with 413 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Revúca , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj , and is located in the traditional Gemer landscape .

Trinity Church

geography

The municipality is located in the southern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains , more precisely in the Revúcka vrchovina mountainous region , in the valley of the Rakyš brook , at the foot of the 814 m high Železník mountain. The Rakyš flows into the Východný Turiec below the village . The center of the village is at an altitude of 331 m nm and is 10 kilometers from Jelšava and 21 kilometers from Revúca .

In addition to the main town, the settlement Rákošská Baňa to the west also belongs to the municipality.

Neighboring communities are Turčok in the north, Nandraž in the east, Kameňany in the south, Ratková in the southwest and Sirk in the west.

history

Rákoš was first mentioned in writing in 1318 as Torpholua and arose as a place below Köwy Castle , which went down in the 15th century. Other historical names are Tarfalva (1359), Rakos or Rakws (1427), Castrum Rakos or Rakosvar (1460) and Castrum Kevy alias Rakos (1470). The place was owned by the Bebek family , who owned a total of 23 portals in 1427 . The main sources of income were iron ore and copper mines and associated hammer mills and furnaces, but there were also carters and charcoal burners. In the 16th century economic activity came to a standstill because of Turkish incursions and high tributes; only in the 17th century under the rule of the Wesselényi dynasty did the place recover. Other owners were the Csákys in the 18th century and the Coburg and Koháry families in the 19th century . In 1828 there were 91 houses and 691 inhabitants.

Until 1918, the place in Gemer and Kleinhont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia, or now Slovakia. In the course of the 20th century, the mines were initially shut down in the first Czechoslovak Republic, but were reactivated again after 1952.

Today the residents work in the timber industry, agriculture and as workers in the surrounding industrial plants.

population

According to the 2011 census, Rákoš had 420 inhabitants, including 316 Slovaks , 17 Roma , two Czechs and one Magyar . 84 inhabitants did not provide any information on ethnicity .

105 residents committed to the Roman Catholic Church, 92 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, five residents to the Old Catholic Church, three residents each to the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Evangelical Methodist Church, two residents to the Greek Catholic Church and one resident each to the Seventh-day Adventists, the Reformed Church and the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. 101 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination of 106 inhabitants was not determined.

Buildings

Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Romanesque-Gothic style from the second half of the 13th century. The preserved medieval frescoes inside and on the facades next to the entrance are worth seeing
Protestant church in classicist style from 1819

traffic

Rákoš can be reached by the 2nd order road 526 on its section between Hnúšťa and Jelšava and a 3rd order road from Gemerská Ves .

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)

Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)