Hlivištia

Hlivištia (Hungarian: Hegygombás, Rusyn: Гливища) is a village and municipality in the Sobrance District in the Košice Region of east Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1413. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Hlivištia was part of Ung 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 again part of Hungary from 1939 to 1944. On 2 November 1944, the Red Army entered Hlivištia and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The village lies at an altitude of 262 metres and covers an area of 20.21 km². It has a population of about 385 people.

The village has a public library.

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1879–1897 (parish B)
• Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1834–1910 (parish A)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hlivištia.

• http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/hlivistia/hlivistia.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080208225314/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.hlivistia.sk
• Surnames of living people in Hlivistia

48°48′N 22°13′E / 48.800°N 22.217°E / 48.800; 22.217

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