, settlement_type = Village
, image_skyline = Nálepkovo24.JPG
, image_caption = Catholic church and municipal office
, image_flag =
, image_shield = Coa_Slovakia_Town_Merény.svg
, motto =
, nickname =
, etymology =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Slovakia
, subdivision_type1 =
, subdivision_name1 =
, subdivision_type2 = Region
, subdivision_name2 =
Košice
, subdivision_type3 = District
, subdivision_name3 =
Gelnica
Gelnica ( hu, Gölnicbánya, german: Göllnitz) is a town in the Košice Region of Eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 6,076.
Names
The name comes from the name of the river Hnilec derived from Slavic word ''hnilý'' (rotten). The initial ...
, subdivision_type4 =
, subdivision_name4 =
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, pushpin_map = Slovakia
, pushpin_relief =
, pushpin_map_caption = Location of Nálepkovo in Slovakia
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, established_title =
, established_date =
, area_footnotes =
, area_total_km2 = 55.58
, area_total_sq_mi = 21.46
, area_land_sq_mi =
, area_water_sq_mi =
, elevation_footnotes =
, elevation_m = 590
, elevation_ft = 1,940
, population_as_of =
, population_footnotes =
, population_total = 3684
, population_density_km2 = 65.79
, population_density_sq_mi= 25.40
, population_demonym =
, timezone1 =
, utc_offset1 =
, timezone1_DST =
, utc_offset1_DST =
, postal_code_type = Postal code
, postal_code = 053 33
, area_code_type =
, area_code = +421 53
, geocode =
, iso_code =
, blank_name =
Car plate
A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English), license plate (American English), or licence plate ( Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identificat ...
, blank_info = GL
, website =
, footnotes =
Nálepkovo, formerly Vondrišel (german: Wagendrüssel, hu, Merény) is a village and municipality in the
Gelnica District
Gelnica (district) ( sk, okres Gelnica, hu, Gölnicbányai járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It was established in 1923. Between 1960–1996 the district has been a part of the Spišská Nová Ves District. Then, in ...
in the
Košice Region
The Košice Region ( sk, Košický kraj, , hu, Kassai kerület; uk, Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It c ...
of eastern
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. Total municipality population was in 2011 inhabitants. Previously, the village was named Vondrišel, but in 1948 after the German population was expelled it was renamed Nálepkovo, after the
anti-fascist Slovak
captain Ján Nálepka
Ján Nálepka (20 September 1912 in Smižany, Austria-Hungary – 16 November 1943 in Ovruch, German-occupied Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) was a Slovak captain who organized and led an anti-fascist Slovak partisan detachment in the Soviet Uni ...
.
Nálepkovo is also the birthplace of the
Queen's Park killer Marek Harcar who carried out the brutal murder of Moira Jones in 2008 in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, Scotland. He fled back to Nálepkovo after the incident but was linked to the crime, traced and returned to Scotland. He is now serving a life sentence after being tried and found guilty in 2009; in 2018 it was revealed that Harcar had been transferred to a Slovakian prison.
References
External links
Touristic page of NálepkovoOfficial homepage
*http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/nalepkovo/nalepkovo.html
Villages and municipalities in Gelnica District
Romani communities in Slovakia
{{Košice-geo-stub