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Spiš
Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one of the 21 official tourism regions of Slovakia. The region is not an administrative division in its own right, but between the late 11th century and 1918 it was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary (see separate article Szepes County in this regard). Etymology The name is probably related to the appellative ''spiška'', ''špiška'' known from Slovak (Eastern Slovakia and Orava) and Moravian dialects ( Haná) - a (cut) stick, a piece of wood or sugar, etc. Old Slavic ''pьchjati'', ''pichjati'' - to stab, to cut → prefixed form sъ-pich-jь → after palatalization and extinction of yers ''spiš''. Spiš probably means "a cut forest". The theory is supported also by the fact that almost all early Latin documents ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szepes County
Szepes (; , , ) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. Its territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small area in southeastern Poland. For the current region, see Spiš. Geography Szepes county shared borders with Poland and with the counties as follows: Liptó County, Liptó, Gömör és Kishont County, Gömör-Kishont, Abaúj-Torna County, Abaúj-Torna and Sáros County, Sáros. After the late 18th century dismemberment of Poland, the border was with the Austrian province of Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia. Its area was 3,668 km2 in 1910. The county became part of Czechoslovakia, apart from a Czechoslovak-Polish border dispute (1918-1947), very small area now in Poland, after World War I, and is now part of Slovakia (and Poland). Capitals The original seat of government of Szepes county was Spiš Castle (), which was constructed in the 12th century. Unofficially from the 14th century, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiš Castle
The ruins of Spiš Castle (, ; ; ; ) in eastern Slovakia belong to six largest castles sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš (, , , ). It was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 (together with the adjacent locations of Spišská Kapitula and Žehra). The size of the castle area is 3,9 ha (39,000 m2). It is administered by the Spiš Museum at Levoča, a division of the Slovak National Museum. History Origins Construction of the medieval castle on a travertine hill dates back to the beginning of the 12th century. The oldest written reference to the castle is from 1120. At the beginning it was a boundary fort placed at the northern frontier of Kingdom of Hungary. Afterwards, it became the seat of the head of Szepes county for many centuries. It was the political, administrative, economic and cultural center of Szepes County of the Kingdom of Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levoča
Levoča (; ; ) is the principal town of Levoča District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia, with a population of 14,256. The town has a historic center with a well-preserved town wall, a Gothic architecture, Gothic church with the tallest 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. Geography Levoča lies at an altitude of above mean sea level, above sea level and covers an area of . It is located in the northern part of the Hornád Basin at the foothills of the Levoča Hills, at the stream ''Levočský potok'', a tributary of Hornád. Poprad is away to the west, Prešov to the east, Košice to the southeast and Bratislava to the southwest. Nearby settlements include: *Levočská Dolina (=English: Levoča Valley). About out of town, on the way to Závada. *Levočské Lúky (=English: Levoča Fields). Settlement on the road to Spišska Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poprad
Poprad (; ; ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatras, High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the Spiš region and the largest of all towns in the vicinity of the High Tatra Mountains in both Slovakia and Poland, Poprad is the tenth largest city in Slovakia, with a population of approximately 50,000. The Poprad-Tatry Airport is an international airport located just outside the city. Poprad is also the starting point of the Tatra Electric Railway (known in Slovak as ''Tatranská elektrická železnica''), a set of special narrow-gauge trains (trams) connecting the resorts in the High Tatras with each other and with Poprad. Main line trains link Poprad to other destinations in Slovakia and beyond; in particular, there are through trains running from Poprad to Prague in the Czech Republic. History The territory was since the Migration Period inhabited by Slavs, Slavic settlers. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. From the late 6th century, parts of modern Slovakia were incorporated into the Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaghanate. In the 7th century, the Slavs played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. When the Avar Khaghanate dissolved in the 9th century, the Slavs established the Principality of Nitra before it was annexed by the Great Moravia, Principality of Moravia, which later became Great Moravia. When Great Moravia fell in the 10th century, the territory was integrated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kežmarok
Kežmarok ( or ; , , , ) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. History Settlement at Kežmarok dates back to the Upper Stone Age. In the 13th century the region contained a community of Saxons, a Slovak fishing village, a Hungarian border post and a Carpathian German settlement. Its Latin name was first mentioned in 1251 as ''Villa (Saxonum apud Ecclesiam) Sancte Elisabeth''. In 1269 Kežmarok received its town charter. It also had the right to organize a cheese market (hence the German name ''Kesmark'' ("Käsemarkt" - "cheese market"). In 1433 the town was severely damaged by a Hussite raid. After 1440, the count of Spiš had a seat in Kežmarok. In the 15th century (and then once more in 1655), Kežmarok became a free royal town. The town was a stronghold of the noble ''Thököly'' family. The Hungarian magnate and warrior Imre Thököly was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tourism Regions Of Slovakia
There are the following official tourism regions in Slovakia: Division until 2004 The districts (okresy) completely or partly included in the regions are indicated in parentheses: *Bratislava and its surroundings (Bratislava, Malacky, Pezinok, Senec) *Záhorie (Malacky, Myjava, Senica, Skalica) *Podunajsko Danube.html" ;"title="Danube">Danube River region(Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Šaľa) *Považie [ Váh region] (Hlohovec, Nové Mesto n/Váhom, Piešťany, Trenčín, Trnava) *Horné Považie Upper Váh region (Bytča, Ilava, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Žilina) *Ponitrie [ Nitra River region] (Bánovce nad Bebravou, Nitra, Partizánske, Prievidza, Šaľa, Topoľčany, Zlaté Moravce) * Kysuce (Čadca, Kysucké Nové Mesto) * Orava (Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Tvrdošín) * Turiec (Martin, Turčianske Teplice) * Horehronie Hron.html" ;"title="Upper Hron">Upper Hron River region(Banská Bystrica, Brezno) *Pohronie [ Hron River region] (Banská Štiavnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurgów
Jurgów () is a village in the Spisz region of southern Poland, near the border with Slovakia and the town of Bukowina Tatrzańska, on the Białka river. It lies approximately east of Bukowina Tatrzańska, north-east of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków. History It was founded in 1546 on Vlach law in the possessions of the Niedzica Castle (also known as the ''Dunajec Castle''). At that time it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, although the owner of the area was then a Polish magnate Olbracht Łaski. According to legend, the settler of the village was a highlander robber called Jurko, hence the name of the village. The documents from the period 1589-1595 related to the sale of the Niedzica possessions by Olbracht Łaski to György Horváth, the village is mentioned in Hungarian as ''Gyurgow''. After the I World War in when the Austria-Hungary ceased to exist, the village became part of newly independent Poland. In 1939 when Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rzepiska, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Rzepiska () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-east of Bukowina Tatrzańska, north-east of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków. It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ... (Polish: ''Spisz''). References Villages in Tatra County Spiš {{Tatra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowa Biała, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Nowa Biała () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Targ, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. The village is in Central European Time, or UTC +1. It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ... (Polish: ''Spisz'') and the only one of them lying on the left bank of the Białka river, owing to translocation of the stream in the past. References Villages in Nowy Targ County Spiš {{NowyTarg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niedzica
Niedzica (, ) is a resort village in Nowy Targ County of Lesser Poland province, Poland, located on the banks of Lake Czorsztyn. It is famous for Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle. It lies approximately north-east of Łapsze Niżne, east of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków. History The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1320 as ''villam Nisicz''. The Niedzica Castle was built between 1320 and 1326 on foundations of a prehistoric roost, and was an important centre of Hungary–Poland relations. The area became again part of Poland following World War I. During World War II, from 1939 to 1945, it was occupied by the Slovak Republic. Niedzica developed into a popular tourist destination as a result of the construction of the dam on Dunajec river between 1975 and 1997. Facilities close to the town centre include: the border cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łapsze Wyżne
Łapsze Wyżne () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łapsze Niżne, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Łapsze Niżne, south-east of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków. It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ... (Polish: ''Spisz''). Łapsze Wyżne (where Wyżne means ''Upper'', as it lays upper in the valley) is the younger village from the sister settlement Łapsze Niżne (where Niżne means ''Lower''). It was first mentioned in 1463 and 1469. References Villages in Nowy Targ County Spiš {{NowyTarg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
