Chminianske Nová Ves (Hungarian: Szinyeújfalu) has 994 inhabitants (1990
census). The village was a Slovakian settlement in the Sáros (in Slovakian
Šariš) County of the Kingdom of Hungary to 1918/1920 (Declaration of Martin
/ Treaty of Trianon). 1920-1938 part of Czechoslovakia, 1939-1945 part
of Slovakia, and 1945-1992 part of Czechoslovakia. In the village Baroque
mansion was born Pál Szinyei Merse (1845-1920), the great Hungarian impressionist
painter.
István Molnár, 23 Jun 2000
Coat of Arms of Chminianska Nová Ves
image from this webpage, based
on a seal dated 1786.