Becherov

Becherov
Becherov
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 49°25′N 21°19′E / 49.42°N 21.32°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Bardejov District
First mentioned	1414
Government
• Mayor	Štefan Fedorko
Area
• Total	19.09 km2 (7.37 sq mi)
Elevation	426 m (1,398 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	276
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	863 5
Area code	+421 54
Car plate	BJ
Website	www.obecbecherov.sk

Becherov (Rusyn: Бехерів, Hungarian: Biharó) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Bardejov Districtin the Prešov Region near the border with Poland.

History

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Becherov was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 19 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Becherov and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The village features:

the Greek Catholic church of Virgin Mary built in 1847
an Orthodox church with features of Old Russian Baroque
the Natural Nature Reserve Becherovská tisina – Becherov yew forest (declared in 1954, area 24.13 ha, features: rare fauna and flora, a sulphatic water spring
World War I memorial and cemetery built in 1933 which was projected by Dušan Jurkovič
World War II memorial
a border crossing point to Poland (opened in 1994)
an annual folklore festival called Stretnutie pri vatre Bonfire meeting

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