Spišské Podhradie (german: Kirchdrauf, hu, Szepesváralja) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in
Spiš
Spiš (Latin: ''Cips/Zepus/Scepus/Scepusia'', german: Zips, hu, Szepesség/Szepes, pl, Spisz) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (14 villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory ...
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
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 ...
. Its population is around 4,000.
Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of
Spiš Castle. It had a
Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of
Spišská Kapitula (hence an old German name ''Kirchdorf'', meaning "church town"). The town contains a number of
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...
merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of wor ...
buildings (now disused) in the region. The
Sivá Brada cold water spring is located nearby.
Twin towns — sister cities
Spišské Podhradie is
twinned with:
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Głogów Małopolski
Głogów Małopolski is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. As of 31 December 2008, it has a population of 5,325.
Geographic location
Głogów Małopolski lies in southern part of the Sandomierz Basin, and historically ...
, Poland
*
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United States
*
Show Low, Arizona
Show Low is a city in Navajo County, Arizona. It lies on the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona, at an elevation of 6,345 feet (1,934 m). The city was established in 1870 and incorporated in 1953. According to the 2010 census, the populatio ...
, United States
*
Vrbové, Slovakia
Pictures
File:Spišské Podhradie I.jpg, Road in Spišská Kapitula with Spiš Castle above
File:Spsynagogue.jpg, Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie
File:Spišské Podhradie a hrad.jpg, Town center and Spiš Castle above
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Slovakia
Spiš
World Heritage Sites in Slovakia
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