ÄŒierna nad Tisou

Čierna Tisou (Hungarian Tiszacsernyő ) is a city in the south-eastern Slovakia with 3861 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011) in the traditional landscape Zemplín.

Geography

The city is located in the East Slovak Lowland close to the borders Slovakia - Ukraine - Hungary, against the Ukrainian town of Chop and the Hungarian city Záhony. The name refers to the Tisza River, a few kilometers far from the affected Slovak territory, forming the border with Hungary; north of the town also flows the Latorica. The city is N.M. with 102 m the city geographically lowermost Slovakia and is 11 km from Kráľovský Chlmec, 65 kilometers from Trebišov and 106 km from Košice.

Neighboring municipalities are Botany in the north, Čierna in the northeast, Malé Trakany and Veľké Trakany in the south and Biel in the West.

History

Čierna Tisou was first mentioned in writing in 1828 (as part of the place Čierna ) and was until 1920 the Hungarian county Semplin and again after the First Vienna Award in the years 1938-44.

Crucial for the development of the city was the year 1946 when the freight station here for the exchange of goods with the Soviet Union was built ( in connection with the railway system change on the Russian broad gauge system ). In 1957, the city from the community Čierna was spun off in 1969 and got finally accorded the status of a city.

Known worldwide was the place here as the meeting of the Soviet leadership with representatives of the Czechoslovak leadership in 1968 took place. The Czechoslovak party leadership was prompted with Alexander Dubček at the top, stop the reform process known as the "Prague Spring".

In 1991, the city received its own coat of arms, which is a railway wheel in the black box. With the planning of the Košice broad gauge track - Vienna, the economic future of the city is uncertain, having already since the political change in 1989, stagnating turnover activity.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Čierna Tisou 3,885 inhabitants, of whom 2,419 Magyars, 1,298 Slovaks, 16 Roma, Ruthenians eight, seven Ukrainians and six Czechs; two residents were of a different ethnicity. 129 inhabitants did not know. 1,836 inhabitants belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, 835 inhabitants of the Greek Catholic Church, 641 inhabitants to the Reformed Church, 61 Jehovah's Witnesses, 27 inhabitants to the Evangelical Church AC, 19 inhabitants to the Orthodox Church and more. 244 inhabitants were non-denominational and 200 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (4.645 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

  • 60.11 % Magyars
  • 33.46 % Slovaks
  • 5.36% Roma
  • 0.32% Czechs
  • 0.24% Ukrainians
  • 0.13 % Rusyns

After Confession:

  • 46.93 % Roman Catholic
  • 17.93 % Greek Catholic
  • 2.67 % no answer
  • 1.53% no religious affiliation
  • 1.40% Evangelical
  • 0.80% Evangelical
Kraj Okres List of tourism regions of Slovakia Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia Obec Eastern Slovak Lowland Chop, Ukraine Zemplén County Velvet Revolution Bara, Trebišov District Dargov Leles Parchovany Somotor
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