| Vyšný Medzev | |
| Other Name: | Obermetzenseifen |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Košice |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Košice-okolie |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.7194°N 20.9083°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1427 |
| Area Total Km2: | 32.43[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.52 |
| Elevation M: | 387[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,270 |
| Population Total: | 523[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 16.11[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 6.22 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 044 25 |
| Area Code: | +421 55 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | KS |
Vyšný Medzev (German: Obermetzenseifen; Hungarian: Felsőmecenzéf) is a village and municipality of Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include: Jasov, Lucia Bania, Medzev (Metzenseifen), and Stos.
It seems almost a certainty, that the farmers, especially those from Thuringia from “Das Dörfl”, moved to Vyšný Medzev ("Upper Metzenseifen"), or then named German: Obermetzenseifen, during the first lineage of farmers and as a minority compared to the miners, whose home lies in the Bodwa Valley in Medzev, or then known as German: [[Metzenseifen]]. Until 1427, there was a mere mention of a town in the Jasov monastery's documents (Kauer, J. et al. 1986). It is no wonder then, that the Premonstratensian Order—the "white" fathers—assumed religious control of this area. They favored the "Obere Ort" most likely due to the good relationship between the monastery in Jasov and its near proximity to the Lucia Mountain Mine.
The contract, related to the mentioned town in 1427, was signed by the abbot of the monastery in Jasov on October 21, 1430. The vicar Johann from Vyšný Medzev, the judge Michael Swrger (later Schürger), the sworn in Hannus Nykel, Closperges and Cristan Lewberth and other invited townsmen were present at the signing.[5]
The village lies at an altitude of 383 metres and covers an area of 32.345 km².It has a population of 533 people.