Saris

Šariš (in Latin: "comitatus Sarossiensis", in German: Scharosch, in Hungarian: Sáros) is the name of a historic administrative county (komitat) in northern eastern Slovakia from a time when Slovakia was part of Hungary. Today only an informal designation of the corresponding territory. Situated between Levočské vrchy; (i.e. Spiš), Kosice and Svidník.

Historically a prosperous region, nowadays a rather poor region.






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