TOVARNÉ / Tavarna is a small village, one of the most ancient in Zemplén County. It used to belong to Zemplén castle and was the residence of its wagoners. From the mid-15th century it was owned by the Drugeth kindred of Homonna / Humenné. In the 17th century it was acquired by the Barkóczy family. Count János Barkóczy had a new mansion built in 1832; the castle's two outhouses date from 1851. A beautiful garden surrounds the castle. Tovarné had ca. 500 Slovak inhabitants in the latter half of the 19th century.

Bibliography: Zemplén

The ONDAVA / Ondava river flows in the vicinity of Tovarné. It rises north of Bártfa / Bardejov in the Nízke Beskydy ranges of the Carpathians. It flows to the southeast, then southwards and having reached the plain, parallels for a while its right-side tributary, the Topl'a / Tapoly river, which joins it at Parchovany. Then it takes on the waters of the Laborec / Laborc and Latorica / Latorca rivers from the left and becomes the Bodrog. The length of the Ondava from its head to this point is 150 km.

Bibliography: Zemplén