Koš

Koš (German: Andreasdorf, Hungarian: Kós) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 312 metres (1,024 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 13.58 km² (5.24 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

Slovak: Kôš, koš means a basket, but also a knitted fence.^[5] (Kos, 1408).^[5]

The village of Koš was mentioned for the first time in 1365. The new settlement was called Andreasdorf (Andrew's village) probably because of the church being consecrated to Saint Andrew. The name of the village was later changed to Koš.^[6][7]

St Andrew's church was a Gothic structure finished in 1409, according to the date inscribed into the central arch, largely rebuilt in 1940 and demolished in 2000 because it was endangered by mine workings. A replacement church dedicated to the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, was built in a safe part of the village and contains the historic furnishings of the original, including a 15th-century Madonna and a 15th-century chalice. The present St Andrew's chapel is a remnant of the Gothic structure, originally a presbytery. The interior of the church was painted with unique wall paintings, now mostly destroyed, traces of which survive in the chapel. A copy of the presbytery was included in the newly built replacement church.^[6][7]

In the region of Prievidza, there is a mining industry of lignite and brown coal which influences the environment in the area. The original church was situated in one of the affected parts of the village and was made unsafe by being undermined, for which reason the representatives of the regional restoration workshop of the Monumental Institute in Banská Bystrica decided to save at least part of it as an historic building. A unique transportation in Slovak history was planned and the 400-tonne presbytery (chapel) was transported using a wheeled transporter borrowed from Germany on December 6, 2000. It is now stands in another part of Koš which is not affected by the mining.^[6][7]

It has a population of 1005 people (31 December 2024).^[9]

In year 2021 was 1041 people by ethnicity 941 as Slovak, 97 as Not found out, 5 as Czech, 2 as Moravian, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Russian, 1 as Hungarian and 1 as Other.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 1041 people by religion 581 from Roman Catholic Church, 310 from None, 99 from Not found out, 13 from Evangelical Church, 12 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 10 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6 from Greek Catholic Church, 5 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Islam and 1 from Buddhism.

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1691-1906 (parish A)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• Güntherová, A.: Súpis pamiatok na Slovensku 2. Bratislava, Obzor 1968.
• Podolinský, Š., Podolinská, A.: Kostoly a ich pohnuté osudy. Dajama, Bratislava 2022.
• Judák, V., Poláčik, Š.: Katalóg patrocínií na Slovensku. Rímskokatolícka cyrilometodská bohoslovecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, Bratislava 2009.

• Media related to Koš at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Surnames of living people in Kos