Vyšná Kamenica, Košice, Slovakia (Felso Kemencze, Abauj-Torna, Austria-Hungary) (Vysna Kamenica)
History

From the history of our village

Compared to other neighboring villages, Vyšná Kamenica is the youngest municipality. It was mentioned for the first time in 1420, that is, at the beginning of the 15th century. The fact that it is the youngest village can be explained, according to the available historical materials, by the fact that at the end of the 13th century, the village of Púch existed north of Vyšná Kamenice. It was located about 3 km north of the current village. The last report on the village of Púch comes from 1370 and it says that it is a populous village with 12 estates. At the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, for unknown reasons, these inhabitants moved about 3 km below to the valley of the Kamenický potok and founded a new village.

The first reports about this newly settled village are from 1420, it is mentioned under the name Kemenche and it belonged to Andrej from Budimír. In the portal inventory from 1427, it already appears under today's name Vyšná Kamenica in the orange form of Felsow Kemenche. In the census from 1565, it is stated that 16 peasants and 7 geliers lived in Vyšná Kamenice. The names of these people were mainly of Slovak origin, which proves that the village was Slovak at that time. Religious conditions also testify to this. In the 16th century, the people accepted Luther's reformation. The faithful used the temple, which was built in the first half of the 14th century - an early Gothic one-nave building. This building was expanded on the west side in the 16th and 17th centuries and completely rebuilt in the Renaissance style.

In 1741, a church school was founded in the village at the local congregation of the Evangelical church. From its foundation until 1941, teachers also acted as cantors, which resulted from their tenure.

According to the 1828 census, the village had 31 houses and 230 inhabitants, during the 1910 census - 337 inhabitants. In the years 1880 - 1910, many of them emigrated. Until 1918, the village belonged to Abovská stolice.

In October 1957, the Jednotné roľnícke družstvo was founded, and on April 12, 1958, the village was connected to the electricity grid.

On August 24, 2002, municipal insignia - coat of arms, flag and seal - were ceremoniously introduced into the life of the village.

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