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Levoča District
Levoča District (''okres Levoča'') is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of Szepes County, a Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Municipalities References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Slovakia
An okres (in English district) is an administrative unit in Slovakia. It is a second-tier territorial administrative unit, below a Regions of Slovakia, Region in standing, and superior to a municipality. Each district contains at least several municipalities. The cities of Bratislava and Košice are the only cities in Slovakia divided into internal urban districts, with five in Bratislava, and four in Košice. These urban districts are then further divided into smaller boroughs (which serve a function analogous to municipalities in typical districts). All other districts are larger in size and also include rural areas, and rural as well as urban municipalities. Each of these more typical districts has an urban centre serving as the seat of the district, usually the largest town (or the only town) of a given district. Rural municipalities are not legally allowed to become district seats. Map of current Slovak districts Characteristics Several districts form a "Region" (Slova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravce
Dravce ( hu, Szepesdaróc) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 648 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population of 833 people (2020-12-31). Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1897 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordzovany
Ordzovany ( hu, Ragyóc) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1260. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 545 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 161 people (2020-12-31). References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levoča District {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oľšavica
Oľšavica ( hu, Nagyolsva) is a village and obec in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History The village was first mentioned in 1300 or 1308. From the village's establishment, villagers have followed the Greek Catholic faith; in 1700 there were 348 Greek Catholics out of 351 people living in the village. It is located in the Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Two natives of the village, brothers Šimon Štefan and Michal Manuel Olšavský, made their hometown famous as bishops of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo in the eighteenth century. In the late nineteenth century, many villagers emigrated to the United States. In 1944, the village was the site of a mass rescue of some 50 refugees, including 35 Jews who escaped the Holocaust in Slovakia, due to the exhortations of local Slovak Catholic priest Michal Mašlej, who was held in high esteem by the farmers. Preaching that it was their Christian duty to help refugees, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nižné Repaše
Nižné Repaše ( hu, Alsórépás) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1270. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 747 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 159 people (2020-12-31). References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levoča District {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemešany
Nemešany ( hu, Nemessány) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1570. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 426 people (2020-12-31). References External links *http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levoča District Populated places established in 1570 {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lúčka, Levoča District
Lúčka ( hu, Szepesrét) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1273. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 510 metres and covers an area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ... of (2020-06-30/-07-01). References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levoča District {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levoča
Levoča (; hu, Lőcse; rue, Левоча) is a town in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,700. The town has a historic center with a well preserved town wall, a Gothic church with the highest wooden altar in the world, carved by Master Pavol of Levoča, and many other Renaissance buildings. On 28 June 2009, Levoča was added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. Etymology The name is of Slovak origin and belongs to the oldest recorded Slovak settlement names in Spiš. It was originally the name of the stream Lěvoča, a tributary of river Hornád (present-day Levočský potok). The name probably derived from the adjective ''lěva'' (left, a left tributary); the linguist Rudolf Krajčovič has also suggested as an origin the word ''lěvoča'' meaning "regularly flooded area". History Levoča is located in the historical region of Spiš, which was inhabited as early as the Stone Age. In the 11th century, this region was conquered and, subsequently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurimany
Kurimany ( hu, Kiskerény) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1298. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 521 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 372 people (2020-12-31). References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20070427022352/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levoča District {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korytné
Korytné ( hu, Korotnok) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1297. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1669-1898 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klčov
Klčov (; hu, Kolcsó) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1258. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 493 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population of 641 people (2020-12-31). Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jablonov
Jablonov ( hu, Szepesalmás) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1249. In village is Roman Catholic Church of st. Mary Magdalene. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 480 metres and covers an area of (2020-06-30/-07-01). Population It has a population of 1,001 people (2020-12-31). Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1653-1747 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
