Štítnik (Hungarian: Csetnek) is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

Historical discoveries prove that the origin of this settlement dates from the earlier part of the Middle Ages, from the 12th century.

It was mentioned for the first time in 1243 in a charter issued by Hungarian king Béla IV.

[4] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Štítnik was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Three-nave Gothic basilica with a polygonal end of the presbytery and a tower was built in the 14th century.

There are also numerous funeral monuments, gothic stone tombstones and medieval epitaphs and Renaissance mortuaries.

The facades of the church are divided by supporting pillars and windows with a curved arch and linings.

The church was built on behalf of Maria Theresa in a purely evangelical town.

The tower grows from the gable façade with niches, terminated by a crown ledge with and a bell-shaped shingled helmet with a lantern.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a classicist manor house was built inside of area, a one-storey two-wing block building.