- Štós
Geobox | Settlement
name = Štós
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category = Village
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country = Slovakia
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region = Košice
district = Košice-okolie
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elevation = 460
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 42
lat_s = 40
lat_NS = N
long_d = 20
long_m = 47
long_s = 10
long_EW = E
coordinates_type = region:SK_type:city
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area = 31.356
area_round = 3
population = 762
population_date = 31 December 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1341
established_type = First mentioned
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postal_code = 044 26
area_code = +421-55
code = KS
code_type = Car plate
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.png
map_locator = Slovakia
map1 = Košice Region - outline map.svg
map1_background = Košice Region - background map.png
map1_locator = Košice Region
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statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven440806&lstObec522074&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
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footnotes =Štós (before 1973 "Štos"; _de. Stoß, earlier "Stoos"; _hu. Stósz, earlier "Soosz", in the Middle Ages "Hegyalja") is a
village andmunicipality inKošice-okolie District in theKošice Region of eastern Slovakia.History
The village developed from an old Slovak mining settlement. After the Mongol invasion of 1241, the depopulated region was resettled by German settlers. The place-name derives from the German family name Stoss. In
1341 many privileges where given to German miners. The village passed toJasov and in1427 toSmolenice . After that, it belonged to the local lord Ján Baglos. In1449 Johann Kistner fromŠtitník gave his part of the village toCarthusian monastery of theSpiš County .Geography
Ethnicity
Culture
External links
* [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html]
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