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61-604: The club was established in Košice in 1962 as an army hockey club called TJ Dukla Košice. At that time, there were two weak regional ice hockey clubs in the city. The new club was much stronger and joined the Czechoslovak Hockey League within two years. In 1966, Dukla changed its name to TJ VSŽ Košice. In 1986, the club became the Ice Hockey Champions of Czechoslovakia for the first time, beating HC Dukla Jihlava in

122-553: A conception of sustained maintainable activities with long-lasting effects on cultural life in Košice and its region. The main project venues are: The first and the oldest international festival of local TV broadcasters (founded in 1995) – The Golden Beggar , takes place every year in June in Košice. The oldest evening newspaper is the Košický večer . The daily paper in Košice is Korzár . Recently,

183-637: A consequence of the First and Second Vienna Awards , Košice was ceded to Hungary. Starting in 15 May 1944, during the German occupation of Hungary towards the end of World War II , approximately 10,000 Jews were deported by the Nazis, with the enthusiastic assistance of the Hungarian Interior Ministry and its gendarmerie (the csendőrség). The last transport to Auschwitz left the city in 2 June, three months before

244-666: A few Jews were living in the town, among them a widow who ran a small Kosher restaurant for the Jewish merchants passing through the town. Košice was ceded to Hungary, by the First Vienna Award , from 1938 until early 1945. The town was bombarded on June 26, 1941 , by a still unidentified aircraft, in what became a pretext for the Hungarian government to declare war on the Soviet Union a day later. The German occupation of Hungary led to

305-614: A military commander there. Giorgio Basta , commander of the Habsburg forces, failed in his attempt to recapture the city. At the Treaty of Vienna (1606) , in return for giving back territory that included Košice, the rebels won from the Habsburgs a concession of religious toleration for the Magyar nobility and brokered an Austrian-Turkish peace treaty. Stephen Bocskay died in Košice on December 29, 1606, and

366-520: A preserved historical centre which is the largest among Slovak towns. There are heritage protected buildings in Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque , and Art Nouveau styles with Slovakia's largest church: the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth . The long main street, rimmed with aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches, and townsfolk's houses, is a thriving pedestrian zone with boutiques, cafés, and restaurants. The city

427-744: A provincial town known for its military base and mainly dependent on agriculture. In 1723, the Immaculata statue was erected on the site of a former gallows at Hlavná ulica ( Main Street ) to commemorate the plague of 1710–1711. The city also became one of the centers of the Hungarian linguistic revival, including the publication of the first Hungarian-language periodical, called the Magyar Museum, in Hungary in 1788. The city's walls were demolished step by step from

488-585: A public transit system in 1891 when the track was laid down for a horse-drawn tramway. The traction was electrified in 1914. In 1906, Francis II Rákóczi 's house of Rodostó was reproduced in Košice, and his remains were buried in the St. Elisabeth Cathedral . After World War I and during the gradual break-up of Austria-Hungary , the city at first became a part of the transient " Eastern Slovak Republic ", declared on December 11, 1918, in Košice and earlier in Prešov under

549-496: A regional metropolitan area, became a major hub for administration, transfer and housing of refugees fleeing from Ukraine. Košice lies at an altitude of 206 metres (676 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 242.77 square kilometres (93.7 sq mi). It is located in eastern Slovakia, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Hungarian, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Ukrainian , and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from

610-466: A vowel mutation typical for the borrowing of old Slavic names in the region ( Vojkovce → Vajkócz, Sokoľ → Szakalya, Szakál, Hodkovce → Hatkóc, etc.). The Latinized form Cassovia became common in the 15th century. Another theory is a derivation from Old Slovak kosa , "clearing", related to modern Slovak kosiť , "to reap". According to other sources the city name may derive from an old Hungarian first name which begins with "Ko". Historically,

671-590: Is January, with an average temperature of −2.6 °C (27.3 °F), and the hottest month is July, with an average temperature of 19.3 °C (66.7 °F). Košice has a population of 228,070 (mid year, 2021). According to the 2021 census, 84% of inhabitants are of Slovak nationality, 2% are each Hungarians and additional 2% Roma. There are also modestly sized Czech, Ruthenian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese communities. In terms of religion, 51% of inhabitants are Catholic and 28% had no religious affiliation, with smaller Protestant denominations also present. According to

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732-528: Is composed of thirteen judges appointed for twelve years and selected by the President from a list of twenty-six candidates elected by the National Council (by a simple majority vote). A candidate for constitutional judge must be electable to the National Council, be at least 40 years old, be a law school graduate and be practising law for at least 15 years. Judges may be taken into custody only with consent of

793-565: Is home to the Slovak Constitutional Court , three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013 Košice was the European Capital of Culture , together with Marseille , France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an international airport . The city has

854-610: Is known as the first settlement in Europe to be granted its own coat-of-arms . The first written mention of the city was in 1230 as "Villa Cassa". The name probably comes from the Slavic personal name Koš , Koša → Košici (Koš'people) → Košice (1382–1383) with the patronymic Slavic suffix "-ice" through a natural development in Slovak (similar place names are also known from other Slavic countries). In Hungarian Koša → Kasa , Kassa with

915-401: Is sometimes accused of being manipulated by the ruling Hungarian bureaucracy, 75.4% of the 44,211 inhabitants claimed Hungarian, 14.8% Slovak, 7.2% German and 1.8% Polish . The Jews were split among other groups by the 1910 census, as only the most frequently-used language, not ethnicity, was registered. The population around 1910 was multidenominational and multiethnic, and the differences in

976-598: Is the largest city in eastern Slovakia . It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains , near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava . Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region , and

1037-622: The Arrow Cross Party gained control over Hungary. The ethnic makeup of the town was dramatically changed by the persecution of the town's large Hungarian majority, population exchanges between Hungary and Slovakia and Slovakization and by mass migration of Slovaks into newly built communist-block-microdistricts , which increased the population of Košice four times by 1989 and made it the fastest growing city in Czechoslovakia . There are several theatres in Košice. The Košice State Theater

1098-528: The Austrian Empire ) 1804 – 1867 [REDACTED] Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867 – 1918 [REDACTED]   Czechoslovakia 1918–1938 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Hungary 1938 – 1945 [REDACTED]   Czechoslovakia 1945–1992 [REDACTED]   Slovakia 1993–present The first evidence of habitation can be traced back to the end of the Paleolithic era. The first written reference to

1159-504: The Constitution of Slovakia . Its seat is in Košice in eastern Slovakia . Its head is Ivan Fiačan (since 2019). The basic standing of the court and its judges is regulated by the constitution (more precisely, chapter seven, part one). It rules on the compatibility of laws, decrees (either by government or local administration bodies) and legal regulations (issued by local state administration or resulting from international treaties) with

1220-616: The National Council of the Slovak Republic , the president of Slovakia, the Government of Slovakia, a court, the general prosecutor or anyone in the case of constitutional complaints. Originally, the Court had ten judges appointed for seven years by the President, who selected them from a list of twenty candidates chosen by the National Council. After a constitutional amendment in 2001, it

1281-514: The Pentapolitana – the league of the five most important cities in Upper Hungary ( Bardejov , Levoča , Košice, Prešov , and Sabinov ). During the reign of King Matthias Corvinus the town reached its medieval population peak. With an estimated 10,000 inhabitants, it was among the largest medieval cities in Europe. The history of Košice was heavily influenced by the dynastic disputes over

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1342-770: The State Philharmonic Košice ( Štátna filharmónia Košice ), established in 1968 as the second professional symphonic orchestra in Slovakia. It organizes festivals such as the Košice Music Spring Festival , the International Organ Music Festival, and the Festival of Contemporary art . Some of the museums and galleries based in the city include the East Slovak Museum ( Vychodoslovenské múzeum ), originally established in 1872 under

1403-413: The Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Jews had lived in Košice since the 16th century but were not allowed to settle permanently. There is a document identifying the local coiner in 1524 as a Jew and claiming that his predecessor was a Jew as well. Jews were allowed to enter the city during the town fair, but were forced to leave it by night, and lived mostly in nearby Rozunfaca. In 1840 the ban was removed, and,

1464-577: The protection of Hungary. On December 29, 1918, the Czechoslovak Legions entered the city, making it part of the newly established Czechoslovakia . However, in June 1919, Košice was occupied again, as part of the Slovak Soviet Republic , a proletarian puppet state of Hungary. The Czechoslovak troops secured the city for Czechoslovakia in July 1919, which was later upheld under the terms of

1525-564: The 13th century around the long lens-shaped ring , of today's Main Street. The first known town privileges come from 1290. The town proliferated because of its strategic location on an international trade route from agriculturally rich central Hungary to central Poland, itself part of a longer route connecting the Balkans and the Adriatic and Aegean seas to the Baltic Sea . The privileges given by

1586-661: The Habsburgs recognized George's rule over the seven counties of the Partium . He died in 1648, and Košice was returned to the Habsburgs once more. Subsequently, Košice became a centre of the Counter-Reformation . In 1657, a printing house and university were founded by the Jesuits , funded by Emperor Leopold I . The 1664 Peace of Vasvár at the end of the Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664) awarded Szabolcs and Szatmár counties to

1647-436: The Habsburgs restored the religious toleration agreement of 1606 and recognized Transylvanian rule over the seven Partium counties: Ugocsa County , Bereg County , Zemplén County , Borsod County , Szabolcs County , Szatmár County and Abaúj County (including Košice). Bethlen married Catherine von Hohenzollern , of Johann Sigismund Kurfürst von Brandenburg , in Košice in 1626. After Bethlen's death in 1629, Košice and

1708-492: The Habsburgs, which put once more positioned Košice further inside the borders of Royal Hungary . In the 1670s the Habsburgs built a modern pentagonal fortress ( citadel ) south of the city. Also in the 1670s, the city was besieged by Kuruc armies several times, and it again rebelled against the Habsburgs. The rebel leaders were massacred by the Emperor's soldiers on November 26, 1677. Another rebel leader, Imre Thököly captured

1769-728: The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I . John Zápolya captured the town in 1536, but Ferdinand I reconquered it in 1551. In 1554, the settlement became the seat of the Captaincy of Upper Hungary . In 1604, Catholics seized the Lutheran church in Košice. The Calvinist Stephen Bocskay then occupied Košice during his Protestant insurrection against the Habsburg dynasty , with the backing of the Ottomans. The future George I Rákóczi joined him as

1830-401: The Hungarian throne which, together with the decline of the continental trade, brought the city into stagnation. Vladislaus III of Varna failed to capture the city in 1441. John Jiskra 's mercenaries from Bohemia defeated Tamás Székely's Hungarian army in 1449. John I Albert , Prince of Poland, failed to capture the city during a six-month-long siege in 1491. In 1526, the city paid homage to

1891-516: The Hungarian town of Košice (as the royal village of Villa Cassa ) comes from 1230. After the Mongol invasion in 1241, King Béla IV of Hungary invited German colonists (see Zipser Germans , Germans of Hungary ) to fill the gaps in population. The city was in the historic Abauj County of the Kingdom of Hungary. There were two independent settlements, Lower Kassa and Upper Kassa, which were amalgamated in

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1952-568: The Polish borders. It is about 400 kilometres (249 mi) east of Slovakia's capital Bratislava and a chain of villages connects it to Prešov which is about 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the north. Košice is on the Hornád River in the Košice Basin  [ sk ] , at the easternmost reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains . More precisely, it is a subdivision of the Čierna hora mountains in

2013-465: The Russian troops drove them back on June 24, 1849. In 1828, there were three manufacturers and 460 workshops. The first factories were established in the 1840s (sugar and nail factories). The first telegram message arrived in 1856, and the railway connected the city to Miskolc in 1860. In 1873, there were already connections to Prešov , Žilina , and Chop, Ukraine (in today's Ukraine). The city gained

2074-470: The Slovaks gained a plurality of 46.5%, with Hungarians reduced to 28.5% and Germans at 15.6%. The linguistic makeup of the town's population underwent historical changes that alternated between the growth of the ratio of those who claimed Hungarian and those who claimed Slovak as their language. With a population of 28,884 in 1891, just under half (49.9%) of the inhabitants of Košice declared Hungarian, then

2135-679: The area was expelled and sent on foot to Germany or to the Soviet border. After the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the city became part of the Eastern Bloc . Several cultural institutions that still exist were founded, and large residential areas around the city were built. The construction and expansion of the East Slovak Ironworks caused

2196-1318: The city has been known as Kaschau in German , Kassa in Hungarian , Kaşa in Turkish , Cassovia in Latin , Cassovie in French, Cașovia in Romanian , Кошице ( Košice ) in Russian, Ukrainian and Rusyn, Koszyce in Polish and קאשוי Kashoy in Yiddish (see here for more names). Below is a chronology of the various names: [REDACTED] Kingdom of Hungary 1000 – 1526 [REDACTED] John Zápolya 's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom 1526 – 1551 ( Ottoman vassal) [REDACTED] Hajduk rebels of István Bocskai 1604 – 1606 ( Ottoman -backed) [REDACTED] Principality of Transylvania ( Ottoman vassal) 1619 – 1629, 1644 – 1648 [REDACTED] Kuruc rebellion 1672 – 1682 ( Ottoman -backed) [REDACTED] Imre Thököly 's Principality of Upper Hungary ( Ottoman vassal) 1682 – 1686 [REDACTED] Francis II Rákóczi 's insurrection 1703 – 1711 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Hungary (crownland of

2257-604: The city in 1682, making Kaşa once again a vassal territory of the Ottoman Empire under the Principality of Upper Hungary until 1686. The Austrian field marshal Aeneas de Caprara took Košice back from the Ottomans in late 1685. In 1704–1711 Prince of Transylvania Francis II Rákóczi made Košice the main base in his War for Independence . By 1713 the fortress had been demolished. When not under Ottoman suzerainty, Košice

2318-608: The competition among Slovak cities to hold the prestigious title European Capital of Culture 2013. Project Interface aims at the transformation of Košice from a centre of heavy industry to a postindustrial city with creative potential and new cultural infrastructure. Project authors bring Košice a concept of the creative economy – merging of economy and industry with arts, where transformed urban space encourages development of certain fields of creative industry (design, media, architecture, music and film production, IT technologies, creative tourism). The artistic and cultural program stems from

2379-509: The constitution. It also decides on disputes between bodies of state administration, unless if the law specifies that these disputes are decided by another state body, complaints against legally valid decisions of state bodies, elections, referendums etc., and is the only court that can try the President of Slovakia for high treason . The Court initiates proceedings on the basis of a proposal submitted by: at least one-fifth (i.e. 30) deputies of

2440-460: The daily paper Košice:Dnes (Košice: Today) came into existence. TV stations based in Košice: TV Naša , TV Region and public TV broadcaster RTVS Televízne štúdio Košice . Constitutional Court of Slovakia The Constitutional Court of Slovakia (officially Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic , Slovak : Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky ) is a special court established by

2501-438: The deportation of Košice's entire Jewish population of 12,000 and an additional 2,000 from surrounding areas via cattle cars to the concentration camps . In 1946, after the war, Košice was the site of an orthodox festival, with a Mizrachi convention and a Bnei Akiva Yeshiva (school) for Jews, which, later that year, moved with its students to Israel. A memorial plaque in honor to the 12,000 deported Jews from Košice and

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2562-597: The early 19th century to 1856; only the Executioner's Bastion remained among limited parts of the wall. The city became the seat of its own bishopric in 1802. The city's surroundings became a theater of war again during the Revolutions of 1848 , when the Imperial cavalry general Franz Schlik defeated the Hungarian army on December 8, 1848, and January 4, 1849. The city was captured by the Hungarian army on February 15, 1849, but

2623-405: The end of the 14th century were mirrored by the decision to build an entirely new church on the grounds of the previously destroyed smaller St. Elisabeth Church. The construction of St. Elisabeth Cathedral , the biggest cathedral in the Kingdom of Hungary, was supported by Emperor Sigismund , and by the apostolic see itself. From the beginning of the 15th century, the city played a leading role in

2684-625: The finals of the 2013–14 season led Košice to its seventh league victory. The club won its eighth and most recent league during the 2014–15 season , defeating HC '05 Banská Bystrica in the finals. Slovak Extraliga Czechoslovak Extraliga 1st. Slovak National Hockey League IIHF European Cup IIHF Continental Cup IIHF Super Cup Tatra Cup Rona Cup As of 23 November 2024. Ko%C5%A1ice Košice ( UK : / ˈ k ɒ ʃ ɪ t s ə / KOSH -it-sə , Slovak: [ˈkɔʂitse] ; Hungarian : Kassa [ˈkɒʃʃɒ] )

2745-561: The finals. It won again in 1988, beating HC Sparta Prague . At that time, the club was the second-best ice hockey club in Europe after CSKA Moscow . After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, VSŽ Košice became a member of the Slovak Extraliga , which it soon went on to win three times. In 1998, the club changed its name to HC Košice. On 24 February 2006, Košice left Lokomotíva Košice Stadium and moved to

2806-424: The king were helpful in developing crafts, business, increasing importance (seat of the royal chamber for Upper Hungary ), and for building its strong fortifications. In 1307, the first guild regulations were registered here; they were the oldest in the Kingdom of Hungary. As a Hungarian free royal town , Košice reinforced the king's troops at the crucial moment of the bloody Battle of Rozgony in 1312 against

2867-501: The level of education mirror the stratification of society. The town's linguistic balance began to shift towards Slovak after World War I by Slovakization in the newly established Czechoslovakia . According to the 1930 census, the city had 70,111, with 230 Gypsies (today Roma ), 42 245 Czechoslovaks (today Czechs and Slovaks ), 11 504 Hungarians , 3 354 Germans , 44 Poles , 14 Romanians , 801 Ruthenians , 27 Serbocroatians (today Serbs and Croatians ) and 5 733 Jews . As

2928-543: The name of the Upper Hungarian Museum. The Slovak Technical Museum ( Slovenské technické múzeum ) with a planetarium , established in 1947, is the only museum in the technical category in Slovakia that specializes in the history and traditions of science and technology. The East Slovak Gallery ( Východoslovenská galéria ) was established in 1951 as the first regional gallery with the aim to document artistic life in present-day eastern Slovakia. In 2008 Košice won

2989-402: The newly constructed Steel Aréna . The arena is named in honour of the club's sponsor, U. S. Steel Košice , and is also known as L. Troják Stadium after one of the club's most popular players . Košice won the league for the fourth time by defeating HK 36 Skalica to end the 2008–09 season . A victory over HC Slovan Bratislava at the end of the 2009–10 season saw the club win the league for

3050-494: The northwest and Volovské vrchy mountains in the southwest. The basin is met on the east by the Slanské vrchy mountains. Košice has a humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ), as the city lies in the north temperate zone . The city has four distinct seasons with long, warm summers with cool nights and long, cold, and snowy winters. Precipitation varies little throughout the year with abundance precipitation that falls during summer and only few during winter. The coldest month

3111-401: The official language, as their main means of communication, 33.6% Slovak, and 13.5% German; 72.2% were Roman Catholics, 11.4% Jews, 7.3% Lutherans, 6.7% Greek Catholics, and 4.3% Calvinists . The results of that census are questioned by some historians by claims that they were manipulated, to increase the percentage of the Magyars during a period of Magyarization . By the 1910 census, which

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3172-446: The population to grow from 60,700 in 1950 to 235,000 in 1991. Before the breakup of Czechoslovakia (1993), it was the fifth-largest city in the federation. Following the Velvet Divorce and creation of the Slovak Republic, Košice became the second-largest city in the country and became a seat of a constitutional court . Since 1995, it has been the seat of the Archdiocese of Košice . After 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Košice, as

3233-432: The researchers the town had a German majority until the mid-16th century, and by 1650, 72.5% of the population may have been Hungarians, 13.2% was German, 14.3% was Slovak or of uncertain origin. The Ottoman Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi mentioned that the city was inhabited by "Hungarians, Germans, Upper Hungarians" in 1661 when the city was under the suzerainty of Ottoman Empire and under Turkish control. But by 1850,

3294-453: The rest of the Partium was returned to the Habsburgs. On January 18, 1644, the Diet in Košice elected George I Rákóczi the prince of Hungary. He took the whole of Upper Hungary and joined the Swedish army besieging Brno for a projected march against Vienna . However, his nominal overlord, the Ottoman Sultan, ordered him to end the campaign, though he did so with gains. In the Treaty of Linz (1645), Košice returned to Transylvania again as

3355-412: The second year in a row and the fifth time in total, which it followed up by beating HK Poprad in the finals of the 2010–11 season to secure the league for the third year in a row (the first "hat trick" in the league's history) and the sixth time in total. Košice qualified for the finals for the sixth time in a row at the 2012–13 season , but suffered a loss to HKm Zvolen . A victory over HK Nitra in

3416-410: The strong aristocratic Palatine Amadé Aba (family) . In 1347, it became the second-placed city in the hierarchy of the Hungarian free royal towns, with the same rights as the capital Buda . In 1369, it was granted its own coat of arms by Louis I of Hungary . The Diet convened by Louis I in Košice decided that women could inherit the Hungarian throne. The significance and wealth of the city at

3477-408: The surrounding areas in Slovakia was unveiled at the pre-war Košice Orthodox synagogue in 1992. The Soviet Union captured the town in January 1945, and for a short time, it became a temporary capital of the restored Czechoslovak Republic until the Red Army had reached Prague . Among other acts, the Košice Government Programme was declared on April 5, 1945. A large population of ethnic Germans in

3538-402: Was founded in 1945 (then under the name of the East Slovak National Theater). It consists of three ensembles: drama, opera, and ballet. Other theatres include the Marionette Theatre and the Old Town Theatre ( Staromestské divadlo ). The presence of Hungarian and Roma minorities makes it also host the Hungarian "Thália" theatre and the professional Roma theatre "Romathan". Košice is the home of

3599-424: Was interred there. For some decades during the 17th century Košice was part of the Principality of Transylvania , and consequently a part of the Ottoman Empire and was referred to as Kaşa in Turkish . On September 5, 1619, the prince of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen captured Košice with the assistance of the future George I Rákóczi in another anti-Habsburg insurrection. By the Peace of Nikolsburg in 1621,

3660-475: Was the seat of the Habsburg "Captaincy of Upper Hungary" and the seat of the Chamber of Szepes County (Spiš, Zips), which was a subsidiary of the supreme financial agency in Vienna responsible for Upper Hungary). Due to Ottoman occupation of Eger , Košice was the residence of Eger 's archbishop from 1596 to 1700. From 1657, it was the seat of the historic Royal University of Kassa (Universitas Cassoviensis), founded by Bishop Benedict Kishdy . The university

3721-425: Was transformed into a Royal Academy in 1777, then into a Law Academy in the 19th century. It was to cease to exist in the turbulent year 1921. After the end of the anti-Habsburg uprisings in 1711, the victorious Austrian armies drove the Ottoman Army back to the south, and this major territorial change created new trade routes which circumvented Košice. The city began to decline and from a rich medieval town became

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