In the Middle Ages the village of Raslavice belonged to medium-sized settlements and was the property of various noble families. As in Slovak and Hungarian Raslavice, the majority of the population lived by agriculture, only about a third of whom farmed on their own. The others worked on the lords' estates as servants - commissaries. There are no detailed records on how many owners changed on the estates. The estates were divided into three parts. The first part was sold off to the citizens around 1900. This estate included the upper manor house, the so-called Zemianska kuria /now St. Joseph's Monastery/, built probably in the 2nd half of the 17th century and rebuilt in the 18th century.
First it belonged to the Bertoti family, later to the nobleman Doctor Haber. He had buildings and stables for riding horses built next to the manor house. It was his hobby and he actively participated in horse races. The owner didn't understand farming and therefore didn't care much about the property either. Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914, they went to Vienna and never returned. Their property was heavily indebted, so in 1920 it was sold off to the people living in the village.
The monastery and the chapel became the property of the women's religious order „Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer“ in the restitution after 1989 and they reconstructed the manor house at their own expense. Today, the monastery and its surroundings are among the most beautiful areas of the village. In its grounds there is a beautiful "men's park", where a chapel has also been built.
Raslavice Manor House is part of Šariš Castle Road
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