Hejce

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2|official_name=Hejce


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
area_total_km2=9.52
population_total=310
population_as_of=2004
population_density_km2=32.56
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=3892
area_code=46
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Hejce
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latd=48.42452
longd=21.28114

Hejce is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. It is one of the oldest settlements in Hungary, mentioned in records from 1009, when king Stephen I granted it to the episcopate of Eger. Its viniculture was already known around 1600. Count Károly Eszterházy built a palace there in the 18th century.

Hejce is remembered for the tragedy of a Slovakian AN-24 military aircraft which crashed there on January 19, 2006. The plane was carrying Slovak peacekeeping troops from Pristina in Kosovo to Košice in Slovakia. Only one of the 43 soldiers survived. The Slovak minister of defence honoured the inhabitants of the village for their selfless help in the rescue operations.

External links

* [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=22187 Street map] hu icon
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4629890.stm Slovak plane crash leaves 42 dead - BBC News]
* [http://www.hejce.hu Web page of Hejce (in Hungarian)]