Hraničné ( hu, Határhely) is a village and municipality in

Stará Ľubovňa District Stará Ľubovňa District (''okres Stará Ľubovňa'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was almost entirely part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Spiš, apart from a small area in the east w ...

in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 o ...

of northern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1342. The village was formerly known as Grenzdorf in German. The wooden church there was built in 1785. In August 2021 it was announced that the road connecting the village to neighbouring Kremná would be repaired using EU funds.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area of . It has a population of about 219 people.

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): 1787-1939 (parish B) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1788-1949 (parish B)

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
of living people in Hranicne
Villages and municipalities in Stará Ľubovňa District {{Prešov-geo-stub

History

Geography

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