Sečovce (; ; ) () is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.
History
The town was first mentioned in year 1255 on the list of king Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494, a Roman Catholic church was built in the Gothic architecture style. Since the 15th century, there was gradual development of trade, including markets with shoemakers, saddlers, potters and furriers. The first post-office was opened in 1783, telegraph office in 1868, telephone office in 1890, train station in 1904, and museum in 1954, which was moved to Trebišov in 1981.
Geography
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
Economy
A few factories reside in and around Sečovce - Palma Agro (vegetable oils), Silometal (metal silos and containers), Sonap (clothing), Valter (socks), Lesy SR (wood processing), and Simkovic-Protektor s.r.o./SPR Retreading Solutions (tire retreads)
Famous people
Štefan Sečovský (16th century), evangelical preacher, writer, composer, pedagogue. His original Hungarian name was Galszecsi Istvan. Štefan Gáboréczy (16th century), evangelical writer Andrej Fáy (1786 – 1864), lawyer, businessman, politician, writer, playwright Emery Roth (1871 – 1948), architect Jozef Švagrovský (1921 – 1985), paleontologist, university professor Gejza Šimanský (1924 – 2007), football player Stano Bubán (1961), painter, associate professor, Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava Ingrid Timková (1967), actress and director Adolf Schwarz (1836), Hungarian-Jewish chess player
References
External links Municipal website The History of the Jewish community in Secovce, JewishGen