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Municipality in Košice Region, Slovakia
Seňa Abaújszina
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Coordinates: 48°34′N 21°16′E / 48.57°N 21.27°E / 48.57; 21.27
Country Slovakia
Region Košice Region
DistrictKošice-okolie District
First mentioned1249
Area
 • Total22.81 km (8.81 sq mi)
Elevation184 m (604 ft)
Population
 • Total2,215
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code445 8
Area code+421 55
Car plateKS
Websiteobecsena.sk

Seňa (Hungarian: Abaújszina) (1249 Schena, 1251 Scyna, Zyna, 1255 Scynna, 1402 Czena) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

Etymology

According to István Kniezsa, the name is of Slavic origin, but he did not clarified its etymology. Ján Stanislav suggested Slovak/Slavic Seňa and associated it with Serbo-Croatian names Senj, Senje and Polish Sienino. Branislav Varsik suggested Slavic personal name Seňa used not only among early Slovaks, but known also from the territories of present-day Czech Republic, Serbia and Croatia.

The Hungarian form Szina is probably the same phonetic adaptation (e → i) which is documented also for Senné, Veľký Krtíš District (Senná, in medieval documents also as Scinna, Zynna).

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1249 (Schena) when King Béla IV installed here German free colonists from Košice (hospites de Cassovia). The village, being an important marketplace, passed to Čaňa village in 1255 and in 1402 to local Lord Miklos Perényi as a royal donation. Ján Jiskra gave the village to Košice.

In 1567 the village was destroyed by Turks. In 1528 Ferdinand I of Habsburg defeated in battle the army condottiere Ján Zapolyai. In 1652 it was burned again by Turks. In the 17th century it passed to the Rozgonyi and Báthory noble families.

Before World War II, there was a large Jewish community of about 136 Jews. Most of the Jews in the community were murdered by the Nazis in The Holocaust.

Culture

Birthplace of Andreas Jaszlinszky.

References

  1. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ Varsik, Branislav (1964). Osídlenie košickej kotliny I (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. pp. 330–331.
  5. Seňa, Slovakia at JewishGen

External links

Municipalities of Košice–okolie District
Slovakia


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