Kráľovský Chlmec

Sister cities

• Rakovník
• Kanjiža
• Kisvárda
• Budapest District IX
• Sfântu Gheorghe

History

The town was first mentioned in 1214 as Helmech. In 1848-1849, residents of Kráľovský Chlmec took part in the Civic Revolution and War of Independence. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, the town became part of Czechoslovakia. It was annexed again by Hungary in 1938 as a result of the First Vienna Award. After the Second world war it became part of Czechoslovakia again in 1945, officially in 1947, according to the Paris Peace Treaties.

Geography

It is located in the southern part of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, only around north of Hungarian and west of Ukrainian border. The regional capital Košice is away.

Most-observed species

• Ragweed

  Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
  472
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  388
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  375
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  331
• Ring-necked Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  311
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  303
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  300
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  287

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2025-10-15
  3 km SSW of Porumbești, Romania
• M 5 — 2023-10-09
  15 km SE of Stropkov, Slovakia
• M 4.3 — 2023-01-03
  1 km NNE of Bilky, Ukraine
• 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 3.1 — 2006-11-15
  5 km SE of Vary, Ukraine