Bodružal

Bodružal (1927–1973: Bodružaľ; Rusyn: Бодруджал; Hungarian: Rózsadomb, until 1899: Bodruzsal) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Svidník District in Prešov Region, within the Laborec Highlands.^{[4][5][6] [7][8][9][excessive citations]}

Bodružal
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49.35°N 21.70°E / 49.35; 21.70
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Svidník District
First mentioned	1600
Area [1]
• Total	7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	359 m (1,178 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	58
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	900 5[2]
Area code	+421 54[2]
Car plate	SK

The village, first mentioned in writing in 1600, is best known for housing a baroque wooden church being a national cultural monument in Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 359 metres (1,178 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 7.23 km² (2.79 sq mi) (2024).^[10]

Population

Population statistic (10 years)^[11]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	77	62	68	59
Difference		−19.48%	+9.67%	−13.23%

Population statistic^[11]

Year	2023	2024
Count	60	59
Difference		−1.66%

It has a population of 59 people (31 December 2024).^[12]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[13][14]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	48	80%
Rusyn	25	41.66%
Not found out	5	8.33%
Romani	3	5%
Russian	1	1.66%
Polish	1	1.66%
Total	60

In year 2021 was 60 people by ethnicity 48 as Slovak, 25 as Rusyn, 5 as Not found out, 3 as Romani, 1 as Russian and 1 as Polish.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[15]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Greek Catholic Church	34	56.67%
Eastern Orthodox Church	10	16.67%
None	7	11.67%
Not found out	4	6.67%
Church of the Brethren	2	3.33%
Apostolic Church	2	3.33%
Roman Catholic Church	1	1.67%
Total	60

In year 2021 was 60 people by religion 34 from Greek Catholic Church, 10 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 7 from None, 4 from Not found out, 2 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from Apostolic Church and 1 from Roman Catholic Church.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

• Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1823-1922 (parish A)

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  World War I Trench remains in the forest near Bodružal
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  Bodružal in summer
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  Bodružal in the Carpathians
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  Bodružal in winter
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  Bodružal in spring

Saint Nicholas Church (Bodružal)

The historic Church of St. Nicholas in Bodružal. The church has been reconstructed with the assistance of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and was blessed on September 18, 2003 by Bishop Ján Babjak of Prešov.

St. Nicholas Church is a wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite situated in a village Bodružal in Svidník district in the Prešov Region. It is registered on the UNESCO's World Heritage List under an identification number 1273-007 since 8 July 2008.

The church is part of a unique urban entity situated on an elevated place in the village centre. Apart from the church hall, there's a separate bell tower, an adjacent cemetery and a wooden enclosure with a shingle roof and an entrance gate covered by a conical and an onion shape roof.

The church itself is a prototype church of the so-called Lemko type. It dates back to 1658 and belongs to the oldest wooden sacral buildings of the Eastern Rites in Slovakia.

The church has three towers. The construction is made out of logs, in a shape of three squares arranged on the same axis oriented from east to west. The exterior is decorated with vertically laid planks. The logs were also used on the construction of imitation tiered corbelled arches (of a truncated pyramid) in the sanctum and the nave. The arrangement of individual parts of the church represents the Holy Trinity. The church is situated on the highest hillock of the village. With its location it is higher than the rest of the buildings and houses.

The roof is made out of shingles. The tent roof above the presbytery and the nave is finished with a short square structure, to which conical bodies are attached to. To them baroque onion-like little roofs are fixed, finished with small shingle conical heads set with wrought iron crosses.

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia