Profile and symbols
Košice City District - Sídlisko KVP
Profile of the City District
The Košice - Sídlisko KVP district was established in accordance with Act 401/1990 on the city of Košice in 1990, by the election of the mayor and members of the local council. The district is the third largest district of Košice in terms of population, with 25,784 permanent residents as of December 31, 2006. It is located about 6 km west of the city center. On the north and northwest sides, the housing estate is surrounded by forests and fields, with excellent terrain for hiking and cycling. Some parts of the housing estate offer beautiful views of Kojšová hoľa.
Construction of the housing estate began in early 1980. The residential development consists of approximately 8,000 residential units covering an area of 1.97 km2, located in prefabricated buildings constructed between 1983 and 1989. In 1995, construction began on atypical apartment buildings on Klimkovičova Street, and its successful completion added more than 200 new apartments to the housing estate. The district is a classic housing estate without industry. Its economic potential consists of small private companies, mainly in the trade and services sectors, which gained in quality with the completion of shopping centers at the end of the last century, which, together with improvements in the environment, contributed to greater interest in living in our district. We are the only "large" district that provides its own cleaning, green space maintenance, road maintenance, and winter maintenance services.
Since our housing estate is young, specialized sports fields with fencing were built for the purpose of sports activities, mainly for the younger generation. Sports opportunities are also provided by the Tennis Club on Wuppertálska Street, the tennis courts in Drocár Park, the Sports and Relaxation Center on Čordákova Street, and the FIT Studio fitness center on Cottbuska Street. The KVP district has a tradition of organizing sports tournaments for children and adults in various sports, e.g. the Mayor of Košice-Sídlisko KVP Challenge Cup in mini soccer, handball, basketball, floorball, etc.
The area of education and training is represented by five kindergartens and four elementary schools (Lechkého Elementary School is wheelchair accessible) under the jurisdiction of the city. Church education is also represented in the city district by the kindergarten on Hemerková Street and the United School of St. Košice Martyrs on Čordáková Street 50, which houses a primary school and a grammar school. Private education is represented by the kindergarten on Čordáková Street and the private primary school on Starozagorská Street 8. The Technik Leisure Center on Starozagorská Street also operates on the premises of the primary school. Each elementary school has a branch of the Košice Youth Library, and the Hemerkova shopping center has a branch of the Ján Bocati Municipal Library.
On January 1, 2005, the Folk Dance House began operating in the KVP housing estate, housing the Vlado Urban Private Elementary Art School, the Kultobin art and advertising agency, and civic associations focused on traditional culture and folklore (Košice Folklore Studio, Sloven, Club of Lovers of Authentic Folklore, and the Archive of Folk Culture). Artistic education is provided by the Vlado Urban Private Elementary Art School. The school teaches the following artistic disciplines: dance, music, and visual arts. The school is home to the folklore ensembles Železiar, Želiezko, Železiarik, Jazierko, Hornád, Hanička, the choir Mladé hlasy, and the Irish dance ensemble Irish Dance Academy.
At the time of John Paul II's visit in 1995, the construction of the monastery of the Order of Discalced Carmelites was completed in our district. It is their only place of activity in Slovakia, and the monastery chapel also serves the faithful of the district. A parish church with an already completed pastoral center on Triede KVP is currently under construction. In the polyclinic building on Tr.KVP, private doctors provide services to citizens in the fields of general medicine and all special departments. The polyclinic also houses a biochemical-haematological laboratory and an X-ray department. A new ProCare polyclinic was recently added on Jána Pavla II Street.
Symbols of the city district
In accordance with Act No. 369/1990 Coll. of the Slovak National Council on municipal administration, as amended, each municipality (part of a municipality, town, city district) shall have its own symbols, and the design of these symbols shall be submitted to the Ministry of the Interior for entry in the Heraldic Register of the Slovak Republic.
The symbols of the city district are registered in the Heraldic Register of the Slovak Republic under the signature K-283/2008. On August 26, 2008, the parliamentary body approved the design of the borough's symbols – the coat of arms and flag – by Resolution No. 136, which was subsequently approved by the Košice City Council at its meeting in the form of a generally binding regulation. After the approval process, the city district is obliged to use these symbols in the exercise of self-government.
The symbols for the city district were designed by art historian Gabriel Kládek based on old historical sources dating back to the 13th century. Historical sources indicate that, in addition to the two villages of Košice and Myslava, there was also another cultivated area (terra), which has been referred to as terra Gurbuch since 1292. The name Gurbuch is of Slavic origin and was derived from the hornbeam forest. It was an area on the southeastern edge of the Black Forest - the land of Hrabovec, which was farmed and undoubtedly also populated. Currently, our housing estate is built on this land.
Coat of arms - a golden holly trefoil on a blue shield. The flag of the city district has the shape of a split leaf in one quarter from the pole, the pole part of which is divided into yellow and blue, and the flying part consists of two longitudinal stripes of blue and yellow. The flag has a ratio of 2:3 and is finished with three points, i.e. two cuts reaching one third of the way down the flag.
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