Zlatá Idka

Zlatá Idka ( Hungarian Aranyida ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia with 396 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Okres Košice-okolie , a part of Košický kraj .

geography

Zlatá Idka is located on the upper Ida , about 25 kilometers west of Košice in the Slovak Ore Mountains . The municipal area of 16.87 km² is characterized by dense forests. In the north of the municipality, several mountain peaks reach heights of over 900 meters above sea level:

Biely kameň ( 1135 m nm )
Rozsypaný kameň ( 1060 m nm )
Golgotha ( 1040 m nm )
Zlatoidské lúky ( 980 m nm )
Odbočka k vyhliadke ( 980 m nm )

Zlatá Idka is surrounded by the neighboring communities Kojšov in the north, Košická Belá in the northeast, Vyšný Klátov and Hýľov in the east, Nováčany and Rudník in the south and Poproč in the west.

Place name

The name of the village developed from cives et hospites ac montani de eadem Ida in 1359 via Cives de Ida Banya (1440), Aran Ida (1564), Aranyda (1602), Aranidka (1622), Arany Nitka (1707), Arany -Idka (1806) to the Slovak Zlatá Idka and the Hungarian Arany Idka (since 1851). Translated, Zlatá Idka means Golden Ida der Goldida , where Idka is the diminutive of the Ida river and means the (small) mountain stream Ida.

Zlatá Idka was settled in the early 14th century on the original "great Ida land", the territory of which was in the Hýľov cadastre . In 1332 there were disputes about the new settlers from the German-speaking area and the area of Hýľov. At that time the area of Hýľov extended to the boundaries of the Gelnica area . The dispute decision stated that both sides should share the wealth equally if iron, silver, copper ore or gold were to be found in the disputed area. Gold was found and washed and miners drove the first tunnels in the rock to exploit the silver veins. In a document from 1359, the monks of Jasov Monastery complained that the settlers were occupying parts of their property in the Ida Bana area . The miners opened mine shafts in various places, dug islands for clearing and built accommodation buildings. This loose structure can still be seen today in the scattered districts of Zlatá Idka. It was not until the church was built in the 18th century that a kind of village center developed. After the decline of the first mining period, German miners left the area in the 16th century. New settlers, including German-speaking but mainly Slovak settlers, now devoted themselves to logging or agriculture on the few barren soils. The main food source gradually became livestock. Zlatá Idka was then a purely Slovak village in 1696. Short mining periods continued into the 20th century.

Attractions

Roman Catholic parish church of All Saints ( Rímskokatolícky kostol Všetkých svätých ) with a statue of St. Clement , built in 1768 in place of a wooden previous church at the expense of the miners, reconstructed after the First World War
old tunnel entrance at the western bypass
"Erika" ski area with five lifts and several slopes

Church of All Saints

economy

After the end of mining, agriculture and forestry played an important role in Zlatá Idka. Many commuters work in the industrial and service companies located in and around Košice . There are now more weekend houses of Košice residents than houses of local residents. The community lives from the income from winter sports tourism, especially in the winter season thanks to the ski lifts and good slopes. In Zlatá Idka there is a school, a post office, a restaurant and grocery stores.

"Erika" ski area

supporting documents

↑ Zlatá Idka on cassovia.sk (Slovak)
↑ Church on pamiatkynaslovensku.sk (Slöwakisch)

Web links

Commons : Zlatá Idka - collection of images, videos and audio files

Zlatá Idka on obce.info (Slovak)

[1] Zlatá Idka on cassovia.sk (Slovak)

[2] Church on pamiatkynaslovensku.sk (Slöwakisch)