Koš


Koš is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
WWW obec-kos.sk

Etymology

, koš means a basket, but also a knitted fence..

History

The village of Koš was mentioned for the first time in 1365. The new settlement was called Andreasdorf probably because of the church being consecrated to Saint Andrew. The name of the village was later changed to Koš.

Church and chapel

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.
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 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.

Population

It has a population of  people.

Genealogical resources

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