Slavošovce

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Slavošovce

Total population

1,817

Founded

1318

Elevation416 m

Land area15.53 km²

Coordinates48.71°, 20.29°

Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Slavošovce is a small village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia. Slavošovce is known for its beautiful hiking trails and scenery. Village at the time of this writing has around 1900 people. The Rodný dom Pavla Dobšinského museum is located here. This museum is about the famous Slovak folklore collector Pavol Dobšinský.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Pavel Jozef Šafárik

Slovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)

Viktor Madarász

Hungarian artist (c.1828-1917)

Gusztáv Szontagh

Hungarian philosopher

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Ján Ladislav Bartholomaeides

Hungarian Lutheran pastor (1787-1862)

J

Jónás Bubenka

Hungarian musician

T

Tamás Cherven

Pavol Dobšinský

Slovak poet, writer and children books writer (1828–1885)

J

János Molnár

(1757-1819)

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Tamás Steller

Hungarian Lutheran pastor (1640-1715)

András Vandrák

Hungarian philosopher, teacher and pedagogical writer (1807-1884)

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Daniel Sartorius

Slovak writer and poet (1704-1763)

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Ctibor Štítnický

Slovak writer (1922-2002)

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Lajos Podhorszky

Hungarian linguist

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František Hrudál

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, politician and Slovak nation politician

J

Juraj Daniel-Szabó

Slovak physicist

J

Jenő Tomasz

Hungarian classical philologist and university teacher (1896-1950)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Košice

• Rochovce
  1 mi away · pop. 340
• Čierna Lehota
  1.7 mi away · pop. 614
• Markuška
  2.2 mi away · pop. 169
• Slavoška
  2.6 mi away · pop. 127
• Koceľovce
  2.6 mi away · pop. 259
• Ochtiná
  2.7 mi away · pop. 562
• Hanková
  2.9 mi away · pop. 62
• Roštár
  3.2 mi away · pop. 536
• Petrovo
  3.6 mi away · pop. 106
• Kobeliarovo
  4.5 mi away · pop. 452
• Brdárka
  4.5 mi away · pop. 62
• Vyšná Slaná
  5.3 mi away · pop. 520

Browse all places in Košice →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Seen 2026-09-16

Four-spotted Footman

Lithosia quadra

Seen 2026-09-07

Lesser Emperor

Anax parthenope

Seen 2026-09-01

Meadow Grasshopper

Pseudochorthippus parallelus

Seen 2026-08-30

great stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Seen 2026-08-30

Three-humped Prominent

Notodonta tritophus

Seen 2026-08-29

Grousewing Caddisfly

Mystacides longicornis

Seen 2026-08-24

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-08-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).