Sokoľ

Sokoľ (; ) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Sokoľ
Slovak place.other_name: Hernádszokoly
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Slovakia15Sokol.JPG
Slovak place.image_flag: Sokol-kosice okolie-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Košice-okolie District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Sokoľ in the Košice Region##Location of Sokoľ in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1270
Slovak place.elevation_m: 279
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 443 1
Slovak place.area_code: +421 55
Slovak place.registration_plate: KS

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Official name: Sokoľ
Population: 1350
Area: 15.664753
Elevation: 279
Official website: www.obecsokol.sk
Image: Slovakia15Sokol.JPG
Dialing code: 055
Licence plate code: KS

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Commons category: Sokoľ
postal code: 044 31
time of earliest written record: 1270-00-00
native label: Sokoľ
inception: 1270-00-00

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Sokoľ (; ) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1270 (Zokola), when it belonged to master Reinhold. In the 13th century a castle existed in the hills near the village. It disappeared in 1430. the village passed to many landowners' families: in 1330 to Drugeth, in 1370 to Rozgonyi, in 1387 to Bebek and in 1423 to Palocsay. In 1429 it passed to Košice.