Being on the Hungarian Queen’s land at the lower stream of the River Hornád, the territory of Kechnec was settled by German immigrants at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries.

The King Sigmund, another major player in the history of the town, gave Kechnec to the Marmoss administrator Peter of Perin.

The donation and merit document is interesting due to its bilingual name – Felnemethy alio domine Kemnech.

A number of major landowners were resident in the town, from among which it is worth to mention the Kenyheczi and Czikovics families.

Kechnec Industrial Zone is a green field of 332 hectares (820 acres) with a newly constructed public infrastructure.