Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Felsővadász |
Official Name: | Felsővadász |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Area Total Km2: | 18.64 |
Population Total: | 550 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | 29.5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3814 |
Area Code: | 46 |
Coordinates: | 48.3703°N 20.9201°W |
Felsővadász (rue|Горні Вадас) is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.
Felsővadász village is located in the valley between Kupa and Gadna. The closest towns are Szikszó (18 km), Edelény and Encs (kb. 30 km).
The name Felsővadász means "Upper-hunter," because this location given to the royal hunters together with Alsóvadász - "lower-hunter". The first mention was in 1279. The Rákóczi family[1] bought the village in 1517. The Turkish army attacked and burned the castle in 1567. In 1860, a windstorm ruined the wooden Greek Catholic Church, so a new church was erected in 1864.
The family castle of George II Rákóczi is in this village what appears in the lower part of the coat of arms.