Kolonica

Kolonica (Hungarian: Kiskolon, Rusyn: Колоніця) is a village and municipality in the Snina District of the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia. It has a population of about 600 people.

Kolonica
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48.97°N 22.27°E / 48.97; 22.27
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Snina District
First mentioned	1567
Area [1]
• Total	27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	358 m (1,175 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	519
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	676 1[2]
Area code	+421 57[2]
Car plate	SV
Website	www.obeckolonica.sk

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1567. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Kolonica was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. From 1939 to 1944, as a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary. In 1944, the Red Army entered Kolonica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Observatory

Just east of the village is a Soviet-manufactured one-metre telescope, the biggest telescope in Slovakia, used for observing variable stars.^[4]

Geography

Kolonica is around 80 km east of Košice, lies at a height of 360 metres and covers an area of 27.181 km².