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Kolbasov (Rusyn: Ковбасів; Hungarian: Végaszó) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
Kolbasov | |
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Municipality | |
  Kolbasov Location of Kolbasov in the Prešov Region  Kolbasov Location of Kolbasov in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 49°01′N 22°23′E | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region | Prešov |
| District | Snina |
| First mentioned | 1548 |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.96[1] km2 (6.16[1] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 299[2] m (981[2] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 63[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 067 66[2] |
| Area code | +421 57[2] |
| Car plate | SV |
| Website | kolbasov |
Klobásov—"a place where sausages (klobása, in dialects also kolbása, klbása) are made". The village was famous for its slaughterhouse. Alternativelly, something curved (a street, a creek or a village, the village was founded by the bend of the creek).[4] Kolbasa, Kolbazo 1548 (the first written mention), Kolbaso 1773, Kolbásow 1808;[4] in Hungarian also Kolbaszó until 1899, after renamed to Végaszó.
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Kolbasov was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was from 1939 to 1944 again part of Hungary. On 26 October 1944, the Red Army entered Kolbasov and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
Several Jews were murdered here by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on 8 December 1945, the last night of Chanuka.[5]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 312 metres and covers an area of 15.965 km2. It has a population of about 110 people.
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