Humenné

Sister cities

• Sanok

History

The Laborec River and the Carpathian Mountains predetermined the development of the town and its surroundings, a silent witness of which has been the volcano Vihorlat – with a summit elevation of , the highest point of the Vihorlat mountains. Thanks to its advantageous location and pleasant climate, preconditioned by the neighboring mountains, the town has been an attractive place for people since the Stone Age, which is evidenced by several archeological findings. The Slavic forefathers of the Slovaks gradually moved to the basin of Humenné during the great migration of peoples, starting in the 5th century. An intensive and organized settlement of this area started as late as the middle of the 13th century, after the Mongol raids. The first written document mentioning Humenné dates back to 1317. The history of Humenné is closely connected with the Drugeth (Drugets, Drugetovci), a distinguished aristocratic family originally from Naples, who, accompanying the king Charles Robert of Anjou, came to the Kingdom of Hungary (the territory of present-day Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary) at the beginning of the 14th century. The Drugeths made Humenné their seat and changed it into the centre of one of the largest feudal dominions in Upper-Hungary. King Matthias Corvinus conferred civic privileges (town status) on the town, which were validated by a seal with coat of arms. At that time, the town was crossed by an important trade route connecting the Kingdom of Hungary with the Kingdom of Poland. Humenné is mentioned among royal customs offices, and later on, it received the right of storehousing and supposedly market rights, too. This was also the time of an ever-increasing influence of shepherd colonization from Transcarpathia by the so-called Walachians…

Most-observed species

• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  97
• Hornbeam

  Carpinus betulus L. · Magnoliopsida
  76
• Field Maple

  Acer campestre L. · Magnoliopsida
  76
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  72
• Dogwood

  Cornus sanguinea L. · Magnoliopsida
  65
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  64
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  61
• Ground-ivy

  Glechoma hederacea L. · Magnoliopsida
  59

Most recent

• M 5 — 2023-10-09
  15 km SE of Stropkov, Slovakia
• M 3.3 — 2020-04-23
  7 km SSW of Strážske, Slovakia
• M 4.8 — 2006-11-23
  6 km S of Koson’, Ukraine
• M 4.3 — 2003-05-20
  12 km S of Snina, Slovakia