| Medzilaborce (Меджілaбірці (Street)) | |
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| Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Regions | Eastern Slovakia High Zemplín |
| Area | 47,48 km² |
| Population | 6 612 hab. () |
| Density | 139,26 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 068 01 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 49 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ N 21 ° 54 ′ 15 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Medzilaborce is a city of Eastern Slovakia.
Understand
Geography
Medzilaborce is located in the North-East of Slovakia, on the border with the Poland, not far fromUkraine. The small town is built in the valley of the Laborec river, in a region of rounded hills. The elevation of the ridges varies from 500 to 700 meters and from 700 to 800 meters North. The highest point in the district is located at 883 m.
Weather
The average temperature is the highest in July with 18.0 ° C and the lowest in January with -4.6 ° C. If July is the hottest month, it is also the wettest with 107 mm of precipitation. In winters, snow covers the region between 80 and 88 days a year. The average snow cover is over 50 cm and on the heights north of the city one can reach 70 to 100 cm.
Story
The medieval village was founded probably in the second half of the XVe century, at the time of the second phase of Wallachian colonization in the stronghold of the Druget family of Humennné. The population, whose occupation was agriculture, consisted mainly of Ruthenians, but also of Poles and to a lesser extent of Wallachians, who were mainly pastoralists from regions now in Romania. The oldest mention in written documents dates from 1543 (Kis Laborcz). The locality belonged to the Drugets until 1684, when it became the property of the Csáki families. In the first half of XIXe century, the locality passed to the Andrássy family.
Medzilaborce, like Svidník, is a locality founded on Wallachian law whose urban character has been acquired through gradual development and not through the acquisition of privileges granted by a suzerain. One of the probable reasons for the transformation of the village into a small town is its location on the trade route which led to Galicia, the south of present-day Poland, at the crossroads of two lanes via Čertižné or via Vydraň.
In 1557, Medzilaborce was made up of 10 hamlets. By 1715 there were 18 occupied hamlets, 39 abandoned farms and two mills. In 1787, there were 106 houses and 719 inhabitants.
Difficult social and economic conditions of the Ruthenian population explains that XVIe century, the names of the inhabitants of the place appear in the lists of the armed bands on both sides of the border between Hungary and the Polish (Stronghold of Humenna and of Sanok).
After the uprisings of François II. Rákoci, we find in 1720, 39 abandoned hamlets. The inhabitants most often fled to the counties in southern Hungary, but also to Poland. The abandoned hamlets of the stronghold were let by the lord to Jewish tenants.
To the old uncodified traditional markets, the right to organize provincial fairs was added in 1859, which accelerated the process of urbanization accelerated by the construction of the Humenné - Medzilaborce railway commissioned on . These measures had a demographic impact and the population of Medzilaborce doubled from 1851 to 1910 from 724 to 1,561 inhabitants.
The relatively favorable development at the start of the XXe century was interrupted by the war and the winter of 1914 - 1915. At the beginning of February 1915, the city was taken by Russian troops who remained there until the beginning of May 1915. They left a city destroyed and thousands of soldiers dead in both camps. Military cemeteries are still there to bear witness to this horror. In a war burial site dating from the First World War, 1692 soldiers are buried. Among them, there are four German soldiers, the rest, 1688 killed, served in the Austro-Hungarian army and in the Russian army. The period of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) was a period of economic development. On the other hand, during the period of the Slovak Republic (1939-1945), the city was significantly affected by anti-Jewish measures. The local Jewish community has long been one of the largest in Slovakia. In 1942, 825 Jews lived in Medzilaborce, they dominated the commerce and services of the city and the district. The vast majority of them were deported by the Slovak authorities in the spring of 1942 to extermination camps in what is now Poland. The passage of the front and the intense fighting between the Red Army and the retreating German army in the fall of 1944 also brought their share of destruction.
The city was maintained until 1960 as the seat of the district. Large-scale construction activities took place during the communist regime which changed the architectural face of the city and gave the city its present appearance. The most important change was the destruction of old historic buildings and their replacement by unsightly stores and administrative buildings.
Two industrial enterprises were set up during the communist period. A mechanical manufacturing plant and a glass manufacturing plant. After the social and political changes of 1989 and the emergence of a market economy, these two factories were closed and replaced by structures of much smaller size. Unemployment has increased across the region.
Medzilaborce is currently the capital of the homonymous district but the administrations of this district are located at Humenna.
To go
By train
- 1 Station – Omnibus train every 2 h surroundings from / to Humenna, count 55 min. for 41 km. There is no train connection to Poland.
By bus
The public company SAD Humenné operates buses to the various surrounding villages (Čertižné, Havaj, Kalinov, Oľšinkov, Palota, Radvaň nad Laborcom and Svetlice) as well as some long-distance lines and nearby towns (Giraltovce, Humenna, Kosice, Prešov, Stropkov and Svidnik). There are several stops in town including one in front of the station.
- SAD Humenné – Hours.
By car
the city is located on important communication axes. You can reach the city using the road 
since Humenna to the south, the road 
via Medzilaborce between Stropkov to the west and the border Polish in the direction of Komańcza to North-east. South of the city, the road 
joined Snina and the northeast corner of the Slovakia a direction ofUkraine.
Circulate
To speak
A large part of the population of Medzilaborce speaks Ruthenian or rusyn, a minority language close toUkrainian. But like everywhere in Slovakia, the Slovak will be understood by all.
To see
In the city
Andy warhol He is one of the innovators of the pop art artistic movement. Born the in Pittsburgh, Pa. of Rusyn parents from nearby Miková village, never set foot in the area. On the other hand, he always spoke in Rusyn with his mother. The city developed the concept of Warhol city by promoting the artist not only through the local Museum of Modern Art, but also at bus stops or on the facades of buildings. |
- 1 Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art
Summer (May-September) Tue-Fri: 10 h–17 h Sat-Sun: 12 h–17 h; Winters (October-April) Tue – Fri: 10 h–16 h Sat-Sun: 12 h–16 h. 
adult 3,5 € - retired student child 1,7 €. – Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art was opened in 1991 by Andy's younger brother John. Although Andy Warhol has never been to Slovakia, several of his belongings are on display there (clothes, pair of glasses, shoes, etc.) as well as some twenty of his works, originals donated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for its inauguration. The museum is the main tourist attraction in the city. - 2 Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit – The 1949 Russian Revival-style church stands on a hillock opposite the Andy Warhol Museum. It was built on the site of an old wooden church.
Summer (May-September) Tue-Fri: 
adult 
In neighboring villages
- 3 Monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit – This monastery is one of the oldest and most important Greek-Catholic monastery in Slovakia. Monastery was founded in XIVe century. The monastery was destroyed during the fighting of the First World War. Currently, it is still in ruins but after the Velvet Revolution, monks came to live on the site in 2002 by building a new monastery just next to the previous one. The chapel "Pokrova" is in good condition. The icon of the Virgin is temporarily located in the Church of St. John the Baptist in the village of Krásny Brod.
- 4 Kalinov monument – the , Kalinov was the first Czechoslovak village liberated by the Red Army if we do not take into account the Transcarpathia annexed in 1945 by the USSR. There are many monuments commemorating this event, including a monument with a statue in its center representing a Soviet soldier holding a child in his arms.
- 5 Lupkowský tunnel – Cross-border railway tunnel built in 1946, possible goal of a walk from the village of Palota.
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
- 1 Turistická ubytovňa Danová (TO 6 km to the north, follow the main road II / 575. at the village of Vidraň, turn left, after 1 km turn right and continue on 1 km.) from 7 €/ bed / night.
- 2 Eurohotel Laborec Andy Warhola 195/28, 068 01, Medzilaborce (Downtown.) chamber of 25 €.
- 3 Penzion Andy A. Warhola 121/24, 068 01 Medzilaborce (In front of the museum.)
Communicate
Around
- 1 Humenna (40 km South.) – Open-air museum and mansion.
