The commune was established only in 1964. In fact, the village is formed by two localities: Byster and Zdoba. Byster (Hungarian: Beszter) and Zdoba (Hungarian: Izdoba), respectively first mentioned in 1332 (Bester), and in 1337 (Zdoba) in historical records belonged to Krásna pri Hornádom’s benedectine abbey.
In 1337, German settlers established in Byster (Peyster).
Geography[]
The village lies at an altitude of 207 metres and covers an area of 8.445 km².
It has a population of about 1700 people.