Košická Belá | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Košice |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Košice-okolie |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Košická Belá in the Košice Region##Location of Košická Belá in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.8°N 28°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1297 |
Area Total Km2: | 39.575 |
Elevation M: | 380 |
Population Total: | 982 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 044 65 |
Area Code: | +421-57 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KS |
Košická Belá (1297 flimen Bela, 1397 villa Johannis, 1440 Janussffalwa, 1580 Hansdorff, 1650 Bela) (de|Hansdorf; hu|Kassabéla) is a village and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Historically, the first written mention of the village was in 1297 as Villa Johannis when German settlers came here. To the municipality also belonged the villages of Košické Hámre, Malý Folkmar and Ružín, which were flooded when the water reservoir Ružín was filled in 1969.
The name of the village is derived from the stream Belá that flows through it.
The village lies in the eastern Slovak Ore Mountains at an altitude of 380 metres and covers an area of 39.575 km2.It has a population of 982 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"