14th century, first mentioned in writing in 1406 A village on German law, and the lawsuit that names itDedina na nemeckom práve a spor, ktorý ju pomenoval

These wooded side valleys were settled late, in the great medieval colonisation of the Šariš hills, and German colonists are usually credited with founding Hervartov. The name is generally taken from Herbert, thought to have been the first šoltýs — the man licensed to bring settlers in, measure out their strips, and then serve as the village judge. Hervartov first appears in a document in 1406, and not for anything glorious: the Perényi nobles of Perín were suing one another over which of them had inherited what, and this village was on the list. That is a fact about a piece of parchment, not about when people arrived; they were here before anyone wrote them down.Tieto zalesnené bočné doliny sa osídľovali neskoro, počas veľkej stredovekej kolonizácie šarišských kopcov, a za zakladateľov Hervartova sa zvyčajne pokladajú nemeckí osadníci. Meno obce sa odvodzuje od mena Herbert, ktorý mal byť prvým šoltýsom — človekom, čo dostal poverenie priviesť osadníkov, vymerať im role a potom v dedine richtárovať. V listinách sa Hervartov prvý raz objavuje roku 1406, a nie pri ničom slávnom: perínski Perényiovci sa medzi sebou súdili o dedičné majetky a táto dedina bola na zozname. To je však údaj o pergamene, nie o tom, odkedy tu ľudia žijú; boli tu skôr, než ich niekto zapísal.