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Košice
City
Kosice - St. Elisabeth Cathedral 2.JPG
St.Elisabeth Cathedral
Coat of arms of Košice.png
Nickname: City of tolerance
Country Slovakia
Region Košice Self-governing Region
River Hornád
Elevation 206 m (676 ft)
Coordinates
Area 242.768 km² (93.733 sq mi)
 - urban 1,776 km² (686 sq mi)
 - metro 2,709 km² (1,046 sq mi)
Population 233,659 (2008-12-31)
 - urban 355,047
 - metro 555,800
Density 962 /km² (2,492 /sq mi)
First mentioned 1230
Government City council
Mayor Richard Raši (Smer - SD)
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 040 00
Area code +421-55
Car plate KE
Location in Slovakia
Location in Slovakia
Locator Red.svg
Location in Slovakia
Wikimedia Commons: Košice
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.kosice.sk

Košice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa IPA kɒʃɪtsə) is the second largest city in Slovakia. About 235,000 people live in the city. Košice was founded in 1230.

Administrative division

The town of Košice is divided into 4 districts and 22 city parts:

Administrative division of Košice
District City parts
Košice I Džungľa, Kavečany, Košice-Sever Sídlisko Ťahanovce, Staré mesto, Ťahanovce
Košice II Lorinčík, Luník IX, Myslava, Pereš, Poľov, Sídlisko KVP, Šaca, Košice-Západ
Košice III Sídlisko dargovských hrdinov, Košická Nová Ves
Košice IV Košice-Barca, Košice-Juh, Krásna, Nad jazerom, Šebastovce, Vyšné Opátske

Sister cities

Images for kids

  • Fő utcza, Kassa - 1902 (1)

    Main Street – 1902

  • Slovakia Kosice 21

    Main Street

  • Cassovia 1617

    "Cassovia: Superioris Hungariae Civitas Primaria", the prospect from Civitates orbis terrarum. Cassovia (Slovak: Košice, German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa), the "capital" of Upper Hungary in 1617.

  • Bethlen Gábor fejedelemsége

    Principality of Transylvania under Gabriel Bethlen, including Košice shown as 'Kassa'

  • Veduta10

    The military base in Košice at the end of the 18th century

  • Divadlo Kosice 1900

    National Theater built in 1899

  • Synagoga7

    The Jewish Synagogue

  • 102 0407

    Mlynská Street – pedestrian zone

  • 133-3381 IMG

    Statue of Košice's coat of arms, the first municipal coat of arms in Europe

  • Košice Hlavná

    View of Hlavná ulica (Main Street) from St. Elisabeth Cathedral, with the State Theater Košice building in the center

  • DomPocasOtvaraciehoCeremonialu

    Cathedral's illumination during the opening ceremonial of the European Capital of Culture in January 2013

  • KulturparkKošice

    Kulturpark – the new cultural space of Košice

  • Kosice (Slovakia) - Miklus's Prison

    Mikluš's Prison

  • Divizia5

    Divizia – seat of the Košice Self-Governing Region

  • Rodošto2

    Replica of Rákóczi's home in Tekirdağ (Rodosto) where he lived while in exile

  • Sidlisko tahanovce 05

    Communist-era apartment blocks

  • MMM2006

    Košice Peace Marathon

  • Kosice (Slovakia) - Tree of Partnership

    The Tree of Partnership on Hlavná Street

  • Kulturpark Kasárne Košice 2013

    Kasárne Kulturpark

  • KunsthalleKošice

    Kunsthalle

  • SPOT Važecká

    SPOT Važecká

  • Kosice State Theatre 1

    State Theatre

  • Kosice - St. Elisabeth Cathedral retouched

    Gothic St. Elisabeth Cathedral

  • La Tour Urban

    Originally Gothic, Renaissance rebuilt Urban's Tower

  • ZofiaBatoriKostol

    Late Renaissance, early Baroque Jesuits Church

  • BiskupskýPalácKošice

    Baroque Archbishop's Palace

  • Čákiho-Dezőfiho palác

    Classicist style Csáky-Dessewfy Palace

  • Vedecká knižnica

    Empire style Pongrác-Forgács Palace

  • LevočskýDom

    Gothic Levoča House

  • Jakabov palác 2010

    Historicism style Jakab's Palace

  • Andrášiho palác, Hlavná 81, Košice

    Neo-Renaissance Andrássy Palace

  • SláviaKošice2

    Art Nouveau style coffeehouse Slávia

  • Puškinova - Synagóga

    Orthodox synagogue in Košice

  • Hlavná 004 - Assicurazioni Generali

    Functionalism style 8-storey Building

  • Old New Košice

    Business Centrum I.

  • Cassovar

    Cassovar Centrum

  • StElisabethKošiceAltar

    Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

  • Orlai P Nadasdy es Tinodi

    Hungarian Lyricist Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos

  • Stephan Bocskay

    Prince of Transylvania Stephen Bocskay

  • II. Rákóczi Ferenc Mányoki

    Prince of Transylvania Francis II Rákóczi

  • Kazinczy

    Hungarian linguist Ferenc Kazinczy

  • Jonáš Záborský

    Slovak author Jonáš Záborský

  • Henszlmann Imre

    Hungarian architekt Emerich Henszlmann

  • Kronenberg Leopold

    Painter Leopold Horowitz

  • Márai-socha2

    Hungarian author Sándor Márai

  • RadolaGajda

    Czechoslovak General Radola Gajda

  • JosefPolák

    Czech museologist Josef Polák

  • Portrait pridavok-anton

    Slovak writer Anton Prídavok

  • Ladislav Troják

    Ice hockey player Ladislav Troják

  • Pres. Rudolf Schuster

    Mayor and President of the Slovak Republic Rudolf Schuster

  • Martina Hingis Indian Wells 2006 1

    Women's tennis player Martina Hingis

  • JosefPolák

    Dr. William Ganz William Ganz


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