- Zemplín (region)
Zemplín is the name of an informal region located presently in eastern
Slovakia . It includes Slovak part of the formerZemplén county , often including Slovak part of theUng county (Slovak: "Užská župa"/"Užský komitát").__NOTOC__Geography
Zemplín region varies from the
Carpathian Mountains in the north to the lowest point in Slovakia at 94 metres AMSL. The region is situated in the easternmost part of Slovakia (except for the region betweenVihorlatské vrchy and theLatorica river, if former territory of Ung county isn't included). Rivers in the region includeBodrog ,Laborec , Latorica, Uh,Ondava and a very small part of theTisza riverToday Zemplín isn't an administrative region unlike its predecessor, but is divided between two of the 21 official tourism regions, Lower Zemplín and Upper Zemplín. Administratively, region is divided between
Košice Region , which includes Trebišov and western part ofMichalovce District (if Ung county is included, eastern part of Michalovce and wholeSobrance District also belong to Zemplín), andPrešov Region , fully including Humenné, Snina and Medzilaborce districts and from bigger part including Vranov nad Topľou and Stropkov districts. Major towns includeMichalovce ,Trebišov andHumenné .History
The region of Zemplín, administered from
Zemplín Castle was an administrative unit ofGreat Moravia already in the 9th century. After its integration in theKingdom of Hungary , it became known as the Zemplén county.Between 1879 and 1901 over 32,000 emigrated from the Slovak districts of Semplin to the USA. [Stolarik, Marian Mark. "Immigration and Urbanization: The Slovak Experience, 1870-1918" (New York: AMS Press, 1989) p. 23]
In 1918 Slovak part of Zemplín became part of newly formed
Czechoslovakia . The southern half (including the bigger part of the dividedSátoraljaújhely ) stayed inHungary as the county Zemplén.During
World War II , whenCzechoslovakia was split temporarily, some of the Czechoslovak part of the county was occupied by Hungary under theFirst Vienna Award , and added to the counties Zemplén and Ung. After World War II, the pre-war border was restored, and the Hungarian county Zemplén merged with the countyBorsod and the Hungarian part of Abov-Turňa to form the presentBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. Since the separation of Czechoslovakia intoSlovakia and theCzech Republic in 1993, the northern part of Zemplín is part ofSlovakia , divided between eastern parts Košice Region and Prešov Region.See also:
List of traditional regions of Slovakia External links
* [http://www.slovakia.travel/entitaview.aspx?l=2&ami=108009&smi=108009&llt=1&idp=6680 Region of Lower Zemplín] and [http://www.slovakia.travel/entitaview.aspx?l=2&ami=108009&smi=108009&llt=1&idp=6678 Region of Upper Zemplín] at [http://www.slovakia.travel/intropage.aspx?l=2&ami=0&smi=0&p=99 Slovakia.travel]
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