Ťahanovce
Ťahanovce´s coat-of-arms
Ťahanovce (Hungarian: Hernádtihany, pronounced [ˈhɛrnaːttihɒɲ]) is a city part of Košice, Slovakia.
The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. It was an independent village until 1969 when it was connected with Košice. Ťahanovce is home to approximately 2,000 (prevailingly elder) people and it is closely connected with the city part Sídlisko Ťahanovce.
Some of the historical names of the village Ťahanovce
- 1263 - Latin: predium Tehan (according to name of person)
- 1293 - possesio Thehan
- 1355 - villa Techan
- 1399 - Thehaan
- 1773 - Slovak: Czahanowcze; Hungarian: Téhany
- 1786 - sk: Czahanowecz; hu: Téhány
- 1808 - sk: Tahanowce; hu: Tehány
- 1863, 1892 - hu: Tihany
- 1873 - hu: Tihány
- 1888 - hu: Abaújtihány
- 1907, 1938 - hu: Hernádtihany
- 1920, 1945 - sk: Ťahanovce
Statistics
- Area: 8.4 km²
- Population: 1,797
- Density of population: 214/km²
- District: Košice I
- Mayor: Ing. Ján Nigut
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Saint Anne church erected in 1850
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Saint John of Nepomuk´s chapel erected in 1913
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Houses of Ťahanovce
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Whole view on Ťahanovce
External links
Coordinates: 48°45′N 21°15′E / 48.750°N 21.250°E
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