Slovakia
Eastern Slovakia
Košice Region

Košice

Košice is the second largest city in , with a population of almost 240,000. It was the European Capital of Culture in 2013. Despite its relative remoteness, you may likely find Košice a hidden, unknown and approachable gem when seeking for a lesson in less known European history, lively arts scene or for a less spiritual entertainment thanks to its vibrant party scene.
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  • Type: City with 239,000 residents
  • Description: city in Slovakia
  • Also known as: “Kascha”, “Kaschau”, “Kassa”, and “Kosice”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Steel Arena and National Theatre Košice.

Stadium
Photo: RickRichards, CC BY-SA 4.0.
– Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. Its capacity is 8,343. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and was named in honor of the general sponsor of the club, U.

Theater building
Photo: Erika Mlejová, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is situated in the centre of Košice, . The representative building of the State Theatre was built in a Neo-baroque style according to projects of Adolf Lang during the years 1879–1899.

Church
Photo: Maros, CC BY 2.5.
The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, also called Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, is a Gothic cathedral in Košice, . It is the largest church in Slovakia and one of the easternmost Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Košice-Západ and Košice-Juh.

Suburb
Photo: Jagro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a borough of Košice, . Located in the district, at an altitude of roughly 243 metres above sea level, it is the most populous borough of the entire city.

Suburb
Photo: Marián Gladiš, Public domain.
is a borough of the city of Košice, . Located in the district, in the southern area of the city, it lies at an altitude of roughly 200 metres above sea level.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Košice Staré Mesto is a borough of Košice, . It encompasses the historical centre of the city, consisting of the medieval and early modern core of Košice, with many preserved historical buildings of several architectural styles, and a small number of more modern architecture.

Košice

Latitude
48.7172° or 48° 43′ 2″ north
Longitude
21.2497° or 21° 14′ 59″ east
Population
239,000
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
IATA airport code
KSC
United Nations Location Code
SK KSC
Open location code
8GW3P68X+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 530544488
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
724443
Wiki­data ID
Q25409
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Košice” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Košice”
  • Albanian: “Koshice”
  • Arabic: “كوشيتسه”
  • Aragonese: “Košice”
  • Armenian: “Կոշիցե”
  • Asturian: “Košice”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koşitse”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kоşitsе”
  • Bashkir: “Кошице”
  • Basque: “Košice”
  • Belarusian: “Кошыцы”
  • Belarusian: “Кошыцэ”
  • Bengali: “কসিছে”
  • Bosnian: “Košice”
  • Breton: “Kosice”
  • Breton: “Košice”
  • Bulgarian: “Кашша”
  • Bulgarian: “Кошице”
  • Catalan: “Kosice”
  • Catalan: “Košice”
  • Cebuano: “Košice”
  • Chechen: “Кошици”
  • Chinese: “Košice”
  • Chinese: “科希策”
  • Chinese: “高溪樹”
  • Church Slavic: “Кошицє”
  • Croatian: “Kassa”
  • Croatian: “Košice”
  • Czech: “Cassovia”
  • Czech: “Kaschau”
  • Czech: “Košice”
  • Danish: “Cassovia”
  • Danish: “Kaschau”
  • Danish: “Kosice”
  • Danish: “Košice”
  • Dutch: “Kassa”
  • Dutch: “Kosice”
  • Dutch: “Košice”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوشيتسه”
  • Esperanto: “Kaschau”
  • Esperanto: “Kassa”
  • Esperanto: “Kosice”
  • Esperanto: “Koŝice”
  • Esperanto: “Košice”
  • Estonian: “Kassa”
  • Estonian: “Košice”
  • Finnish: “Koshice”
  • Finnish: “Kosice”
  • Finnish: “Košice”
  • French: “Cassovie”
  • French: “Kaschau”
  • French: “Kosice”
  • French: “Košice”
  • Galician: “Kosice”
  • Galician: “Košice”
  • Georgian: “კოშიცე”
  • German: “Kascha”
  • German: “Kassa”
  • German: “Kosice”
  • German: “Košice”
  • German: “Kaschau” (historical)
  • Greek: “Κόζιτσε”
  • Greek: “Κόσιτσε”
  • Gujarati: “કોશિસ”
  • Hebrew: “Kosice”
  • Hebrew: “Košice”
  • Hebrew: “קאשוי”
  • Hebrew: “קושיצה”
  • Hindi: “कोसिसे”
  • Hungarian: “Cassoviae”
  • Hungarian: “Kassa”
  • Hungarian: “Košice”
  • Icelandic: “Košice”
  • Ido: “Košice”
  • Indonesian: “Kosice”
  • Indonesian: “Košice”
  • Interlingue: “Košice”
  • Irish: “Košice”
  • Italian: “Cassovia”
  • Italian: “Kaschau”
  • Italian: “Košice”
  • Japanese: “Košice”
  • Japanese: “カッシャ”
  • Japanese: “コシツェ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಸ್ಸಿಸ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Кошице”
  • Korean: “코시체”
  • Kotava: “Košice”
  • Latin: “Cassovia”
  • Latvian: “Kaschau”
  • Latvian: “Kassa”
  • Latvian: “Košice”
  • Limburgan: “Košice”
  • Lingala: “Košice”
  • Lithuanian: “Košice”
  • Lithuanian: “Košicė”
  • Lombard: “Kosice”
  • Lombard: “Košice”
  • Low German: “Košice”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Košice”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kosice”
  • Macedonian: “Кошице”
  • Malay: “Kosice”
  • Maltese: “Kosice”
  • Maltese: “Košice”
  • Marathi: “कोशित्सा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Košice”
  • Moksha: “Кошицэ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Košice”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cassovia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kašava”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaschau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kassa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kosice”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Košice”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koszyce”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cassovia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaschau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kassa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kosice”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Košice”
  • Norwegian: “Košice”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Košice”
  • Ossetian: “Кошице”
  • Persian: “کاسسا”
  • Persian: “کوشیتسه”
  • Polish: “Kassa”
  • Polish: “Košice”
  • Polish: “Koszyce”
  • Portuguese: “Kaschau”
  • Portuguese: “Kassa”
  • Portuguese: “Kosice”
  • Portuguese: “Košice”
  • Pushto: “کوشیتسه ښار”
  • Romanian: “Cașovia”
  • Romanian: “Kaschau”
  • Romanian: “Kassa”
  • Romanian: “Kosice”
  • Romanian: “Košice”
  • Romanian: “Koszice”
  • Russian: “Кашау”
  • Russian: “Кашша”
  • Russian: “Кашшо”
  • Russian: “Кошице”
  • Russian: “Кошицы”
  • Rusyn: “Кошіцї”
  • Scots: “Košice”
  • Serbian: “Кошице”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Košice”
  • Silesian: “Košice”
  • Sinhala: “කොසිකේ”
  • Slovak: “Kaschau”
  • Slovak: “Kassa”
  • Slovak: “Košice”
  • Slovenian: “Košice”
  • Spanish: “Kaschau”
  • Spanish: “Kassa”
  • Spanish: “Kosice”
  • Spanish: “Košice”
  • Swedish: “Cassau”
  • Swedish: “Kaschau”
  • Swedish: “Kosice”
  • Swedish: “Košice”
  • Tamil: “கோசிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Кошитсе”
  • Tatar: “Кошице”
  • Telugu: “కోసిసె”
  • Thai: “กอชิตเซ”
  • Turkish: “Kaşa”
  • Turkish: “Kaşevar”
  • Turkish: “Košice”
  • Turkish: “Kösice”
  • Ukrainian: “Кошице”
  • Ukrainian: “Кошиці”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Košice”
  • Urdu: “کوشیسہ”
  • Uzbek: “Koshitse”
  • Venetian: “Košice”
  • Veps: “Košice”
  • Vietnamese: “Košice”
  • Volapük: “Košice”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Košice”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوشیسے”
  • Wu Chinese: “科希策”
  • Yiddish: “קאשוי”
  • Yiddish: “קאשיצע”
  • Yue Chinese: “高溪樹”
  • “Košice”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Košice”. Photo: Ville Miettinen, CC BY 2.0.