What is "horka"

Horka, or harka, was a title used by the Magyar tribes in the 9th and 10th centuries. According to Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenetos in De administrando imperio, the horka had judicial authority. However, in other sources the term horka was applied to a military leader (such as Bulcsú, who led the Magyar forces at the Battle of Lechfeld). Certainly at some point in the 10th century the roles of horka and gyula (the chief warlord) had become similar, with the horka having authority in Western Transdanubia and the gyula in Transylvania in the east. In later sources the word appears only as a personal name.

Horka may refer to:

• Horka (title) or harka, a political or military title used by Magyar tribes during the 9th century
• Horka, the name of several locations in the Czech Republic
  • Horka (Chrudim District), a village in the Pardubice Region (Chrudim District)
  • Horka I, village in Kutná Hora District
  • Horka II, village in Kutná Hora District
• Hôrka – a village in the Poprad District of Slovakia
• Horka, Saxony (Sorbian: Hórka), a municipality in Saxony, Germany
• Horka, Crostwitz, Saxony, a place in the municipality of Crostwitz in Saxony, Germany

Horka is a village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 400 inhabitants.

Villages Hlína and Mezihoří are administrative parts of Horka.

Hôrka is a village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.