Matej (Mathias) BAKOS II was born in Slovinky. Currently, the town of Slovinky is where our Bakos Family originated.

The above map represents the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
Slovinky is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District
in the Košice Region.

Slovinky was first mentioned in 1368 A.D. The town sits beside the Slovinky River and southwest of the city of Krompachy. Slovinky was once Vyzne-Slovinky and Nyzne-Slovinky. The people of Vyzne were mainly farmers while the Nyzne residents were mostly miners. These two towns more or less grew together to form what is now called Slovinky.

Please note the proximity of larger cities such as Presov and Kosice.
This will help to locate Slovinky on other maps.

The town lies at an altitude of 442 meters (1450 ft) and covers an area of 46.44km.

Below, please review selected data extracted from 1991 and 2001 Slovinky census.