Strihovce

Strihovce (, ) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name: Strihovce
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_flag: Strihovce-snina-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Strihovce erb.jpg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Snina District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Strihovce in the Prešov Region##Location of Strihovce in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date

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Strihovce (, ) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Strihovce was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was from 1939 to 1944 again part of Hungary. In the autumn of 1944, the Red Army entered Strihovce and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.