| Giraltovce | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Svidník |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Giraltovce in the Prešov Region##Location of Giraltovce in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.1117°N 21.5183°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1383 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.00 |
| Elevation M: | 207[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 679 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 3991 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 087 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 54 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | SK |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity (2011) |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Slovak |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 77.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Roma |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 2.4% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Ukrainian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Czech |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title6: | Unreported |
| Demographics1 Info6: | 18.7% |
| Demographics Type2: | Population by religion (2011) |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [5] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Roman Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 46.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Lutheran |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 20.3% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Greek Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 6.6% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Orthodox |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Jehovah's Witness |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 0.9% |
| Demographics2 Title6: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info6: | 1.4% |
| Demographics2 Title7: | Non-religious |
| Demographics2 Info7: | 2.1% |
| Demographics2 Title8: | Unreported |
| Demographics2 Info8: | 20.1% |
| Area Note: | |
Giraltovce (hu|Girált, rue|Ґіралтівцї) is a town in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
The town was first mentioned in 1383 as Giralth. It was named after a man called Geralth who was first hereditary scultetus (a locator serving a noble in founding a new village). The town was founded in the 13th century. In 1427 it was the property of the Széchy family, a few years later it belonged to the Somosy family. The scultetus had a leading role in the village. They acted as the representative of the village before the landlords, regional and religious authorities. They controlled villagers to pay their taxes. Moreover, they had also right of minor magistracy. Their rights were more restricted by changes in the 16th century. In the 17th century, the institution of hereditary scultetus in the village expired. Since that moment, local villagers voted their Chief Magistrate ("Richter").
The most privileged part of inhabitants of the village was nobility, who built at least two mansions there. Moreover, János Semsey conducted to build in the village the temple of the Lutheran church (1650 - 1654), which was the first temple built in the village.
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Giraltovce was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 18 January 1945, the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps and the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Giraltovce in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia. Giraltovce is twinned with:
Ustrzyki Dolne, PolandThe records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"