Kolbasov
Municipality
Kolbasov is located in Prešov Region
Kolbasov
Kolbasov
Location of Kolbasov in the Prešov Region
Kolbasov is located in Slovakia
Kolbasov
Kolbasov
Location of Kolbasov in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°01′N 22°23′E / 49.017°N 22.383°E / 49.017; 22.383
Country Slovakia
RegionPrešov
DistrictSnina
First mentioned1548
Area
 • Total15.96[1] km2 (6.16[1] sq mi)
Elevation
299[2] m (981[2] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total63[3]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
067 66[2]
Area code+421 57[2]
Car plateSV
Websitekolbasov.sk

Kolbasov (Rusyn: Ковбасів; Hungarian: Végaszó) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

Etymology

Klobásov—"a place where sausages (klobása, in dialects also kolbása, klbása) are made". The village was famous for its slaughterhouse. Alternativelly, something curved (a street, a creek or a village, the village was founded by the bend of the creek).[4] Kolbasa, Kolbazo 1548 (the first written mention), Kolbaso 1773, Kolbásow 1808;[4] in Hungarian also Kolbaszó until 1899, after renamed to Végaszó.

History

Several Jews were murdered here by Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on 8 December 1945, the last night of Chanuka.[5]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 312 metres and covers an area of 15.965 km2. It has a population of about 110 people.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (22)". Kultúra slova. Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej (4): 228.
  5. ↑ "Slovakia Genealogy Research Strategies".


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