Matejovce nad Hornádom explained

Matejovce nad Hornádom (Hungarian: Hernádmáté) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.

History

The village was first mentioned in historical records in .

An artist, known only as "The Master of the Main Altar in Matejovce", has left a series of notable paintings, such as an Adoration of the Magi, painted at some tome time between 1440 and 1450.^[1]

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of and covers an area of 3.619km2.In 2011 has a population of 500 inhabitants.

External links

• http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/matejovcenadhornadom/matejovce-nad-hornadom.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100927065017/http://www.matejovcenadhornadom.ocu.sk/

Notes and References

1. https://www.academia.edu/38097122/Winged_Altarpieces_in_Medieval_Hungary Winged Altarpieces in Medieval Hungary