Henckovce (1470 Henczko, Hentzendorf, 1551 Henczkowcze, 1563 Henczowetz, 1590 Henczkowa) (; ) is a village and municipality in the Roà ¾à Âava District in the Koà ¡ice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Henckovce was founded under Vlach law. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1470 when some Germans settled there. The Bebek family ruled the village in the past and here transferred Rusyn colonists known as Walachian. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Henckovce was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).
The village has a small public library.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia"
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