Milhosť ( or ; ) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is situated 21 km from Slovakia's second biggest city, Košice. Milhosť is surrounded by two neighbouring villages Kechnec and Seňa. Moreover, it is a border crossing village between Hungary (Tornyosnémeti) and Slovakia (Milhosť).
Etymology The name comes from a Slavic personal name Milgost (see also e.g. Gemerský Milhosť, Milhosťov, Milhostice, Milhošť). It got its second name Németi (in Hungarian "German") after the arrival German colonists.
Village names:. 1403- Felsekysnemethy, Myglez 1405- Kysnemety, Mikliz 1415- Kis Németi, Miglész 1427- Migles 1512- Kis Nemethi 1523- Migleznemethy 1746- Miglécz 1773- 1786, 1790, 1808- Miglécz 1863- 1902, 1920- 1938- Migléc 1907-1913, 1938- 1945- Miglécnémeti 1945- 1947 Migléc 1948- 1964 Milhosť 1964- 1985 Hraničná pri Hornáde/border crossing village next to Hornád/ (Milhosť + Kechnec) 1993 Milhosť (gained its independence), Migléc
History
The first historical records of Milhosť are from . At this time German colonists, who came during the years 1205-1209 A.D., were living in this area. The village had not been an independent ham in the 13th century. It was just a settlement which belonged to a village called Középnémeti. The first written record of Milhosť appears in the 14th century, which mentioned a St. Michael´s chapel from 1322, however the chapels' location is not known today. The name of the village changed over the years. It varied from Felsekysnemethy to its present form Milhosť.
Only Germans were living in this area till 1500 AD. At the beginning of the 16th century Hungarian families arrived and as a result the number of the German population decreased. There are no records of German families after 1600 AD but there was an increase in Slovak settlers. In 1720 AD the number of Hungarian and Slovak inhabitants was equal. The arrival of the first Jews began in 1787 and Romani people in the year 1850.
Geography
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
Culture The village has a public library and a petrol station.
A non-professional drama club functions in the village, associated with the CSEMADOK (Csehszlovákiai Magyar Dolgozók Kulturális Szövetsége / Czechoslovak Hungarian Workers´ Cultural Association), with around 10-15 Hungarian speaking members. A variety is performed by them each winter to entertain the villagers. A couple of the members are invited to various occasion to the neighbouring villages, to Hungarian villages as well, to perform small plays or sing.
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