Ruská Nová Ves

Ruská Nová Ves is a village in Slovakia in the Prešov district. It is located 1 kilometre east of Prešov, the third largest city in Slovakia.

„The oldest unambiguous evidence of settled Vlachs in Šarišská stolici dates back to 1402. At that time, the landowners of Kokošovce protested against the Šoš family, who allegedly settled the Wallachians in the Kokošovce district, while a flock of Wallachian sheep, undoubtedly from Ruská Nová Ves, grazed the grain crops in the Kokošovce district.“ (Uličný,R:History of the settlement of Šariš.p.470)

Since the end of the 13th century, the municipality's territorial property belonged to the noble Šóš family, but there was no settlement there yet. The village was founded as a branch of the village of Soľ (today's Solivar). The first reports about the inhabitants of the village date back to 1402 and 1419. We learn that some of them were Wallachians.

The original name Nová Ves aptly expressed the fact that it was younger than the neighbouring villages. In 1419, King Sigismund ordered the representatives of the Šariš See to investigate some transgressions of the serfs in this village, which showed that the local settlement existed before 1419. In documents from the 14th-15th centuries, it appears under three Hungarian names.
The name Wyfal was parallel to the Slovak name Nová Ves. Alsowyfalu, Felsowyfalu refers to the lower and higher part of the settlement in the 15th and early 16th centuries. The name of the village Soos Wyfalu meaning Šóšovská Nová Ves, i.e. with the surname of the owner, reliably distinguishes it from the originally identical names Pečovská Nová Ves, Chminianská Nová Ves, Drienovská Nová Ves from the middle of the 16th century onwards. The original name Nová Ves, which was translated into Hungarian by the landowners, expressed the fact that the local settlement or village was younger than the neighbouring villages located to the west in the area of today's Solivar. Nová Ves is not mentioned among the villages of the Šoš family in the 13th and 14th centuries, of which there are several reports. From this it is possible to conclude that it was founded only at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. It was probably built both by inhabitants from Solivar and by immigrants, including several Wallachian families. In 1427, the peasant households of Nová Ves, except for the richtar's, were taxed from the 16th port (the port as a tax unit represented the whole peasant farm, which in the 14th and 15th centuries was farmed by one, but in the 16th century by one to four peasant households), so that Nová Ves was a medium-sized village. In the 19th century, the Dessewffy family had property in the village.

Ruská Nová Ves is a popular destination for tourists, as there are several tourist spots. There are several tourist attractions and many tourist destinations. The Robber's Castle, the ruins of the castle, which overlooks the village and the city of Prešov. Originally this castle was called Soľnohrad. Once upon a time there were two castles under this name, six kilometres apart. The first castle stood on a hill south of Solivar and today there are no visible traces of it. The second is on the hill Zámek (661 m above sea level) in the Slanské hills above the village, of which only a modest ruin remains today.

After the hiking trail, the hiker reaches Chata Sova, halfway to Chata Fricka, another wooden hut.

In the village there is also Wellness Club Placidus with wellness services in Roman style, restaurant, accommodation in modern and comfortable rooms and a beautiful view of the city of Prešov, its surroundings and the Tatra Mountains.

Source: ruskanovaves.sk