Streda nad Bodrogom

Streda nad Bodrogom
Bodrogszerdahely
Village
Country Slovakia
Region Košice
District Trebišov
Elevation 105 m (344 ft)
Coordinates
Area 22.633 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Population 2,407 (2005-12-31)
Density 106 / km2 (275 / sq mi)
First mentioned 1270
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 076 31
Area code +421-56
Car plate TV
Location of Streda nad Bodrogom in Slovakia
Location of Streda nad Bodrogom in the Košice Region
Wikimedia Commons: Streda nad Bodrogom
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS

Streda nad Bodrogom (Hungarian: Bodrogszerdahely) is a village in Slovakia near Trebišov in the Košice Region.

The village has the lowest altitude (94 m above sea level) in Slovakia.

The village is an important archeological site (findings from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age, grave-mounds from the late 1st century BC, Slavic finds from the 7th and 8th century, early Magyar graves).

The first written mention of the village dates back to 1320. An old castle near the village was destroyed by imperial (Austrian) troops in 1670.

In 2001 it had a population of 2459, of whom 1476 were ethnic Hungarians (60.02%), 896 Slovak (36.43%) and 87 (3.53%) other, mainly Roma.