Medzev

Medzev (Hungarian: Mecenzéf, German: Metzenseifen) is a town and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1359. It was founded and settled by ethnic Germans. The modern town stems from the merging of Nižný Medzev (Geman: Untermetzenseifen/Nider Metzenseifen/Nider Metzenseiffen/Nieder Mäzenseuffen/Nieder Metzenseif/Unter Mäznsüffen/ Unnter Metzensyffen) [from LX Einleitung Deutschsprachige Handschriften in slowakischen Archiven vom ..., Volume 2  By Jörg Meier, Ilpo Tapani Piirainen]; Hungarian: Alsómeczenzéf) and Vyšný Medzev (German: Obermetzenseifen/Ober Metzenseuf; again independent since 1999) in 1960. The earliest known record of the...