HUMENNÉ / Homonna / Homenau lies in the valley of the Laborec river. It was a market town in the Reform Age and later still a sizeable village. It was the ancient nest of the Drugeth clan, who obtained it from King Charles Robert I of Anjou. The date of the castle's construction is unknown but it is mentioned in charters of the mid-1400s. By the end of the 17th century it was held by distaff descendants of the clan; from them the mansion and its appurtenances were inherited by the Count Csáky and Vandernath families. The quadrangular mansion with its spacious arcaded yard was built on the foundations of the medieval stronghold in the north end of the main street. The dual structure of its roof is worthy of note: the wing with the castle-like roof was inhabited by the Csákys and the wing with the French-roof by the Count Vandernaths. Two gardens belonged to the castle; there was a summer theatre in the French garden. Its storied library accommodated 8000 books and the family archive of the Drugeths of Homonna. Humenné had 2700, mostly Slovak, inhabitants in the 1850s.

Bibliography: Matolay, Réz László, Szabó Károly, Zemplén