Snina

Sister cities

• Seferihisar district
• Boguchwała
• Lesko
• Tokaj
• Žarošice
• Kremenchuk
• Sambir
• Khust

History

The oldest written records mentioning Snina date back to 1317. Snina as an oppidum (small town) is mentioned in port records ("porta" means the gate into a courtyard) beginning in 1585. In 1598 the first census of houses was made and there were 75 houses in the town at that time. Between 1570 and 1630, it is evident from port records that Snina was the seat of the regional krajňa, or administrative district for the surrounding villages. In 1646 Snina was called "Szinna Varossa" and later "Civitas Szinna" in the archives. In 1785 Snina had 195 houses and 1,430 inhabitants. The town's rulers from 1321 to 1684 were from the Drugeth family, who came from Salerno near Naples. Later, the owner of the lordship of Snina was Terézia van Dernáthová, who was the granddaughter of Žigmung Drugeth. After her death in 1799, her five sons sold all the property to a businessman from Gemer named Jozef Rholl. His children developed the region until 1857. They built an iron and steel works in the Jozef valley in 1809. Starting in 1839 a traditional market took place in Snina four times a year, which aided the development of business and trade. An iron foundry was built in the Jozef valley in 1841. A well-known moulded statue of Hercules was placed next to the Snina manor-house and is the emblem of Snina to this day. During a decline in business in 1873, the iron and steel works completely vanished, so life for the citizens of Snina and its vicinity worsened rapidly and large-scale migration began. They left their homes and went to the United States, Canada and western Europe. In 1876 Snina was a residence of the 10th region of the Zemplín area. The Roman Catholic classicist church from 1751 was modified at the beginning of the 19th century. A classicist Calvary in the cemetery dates…

Most-observed species

• Marsh Gentian

  Gentiana pneumonanthe L. · Magnoliopsida
  307
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  219
• Hazel

  Corylus avellana L. · Magnoliopsida
  97
• Hornbeam

  Carpinus betulus L. · Magnoliopsida
  96
• Sycamore [tree]

  Acer pseudoplatanus L. · Magnoliopsida
  90
• Ground-ivy

  Glechoma hederacea L. · Magnoliopsida
  73
• Silver Birch

  Betula pendula Roth · Magnoliopsida
  68
• Field Maple

  Acer campestre L. · Magnoliopsida
  65

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