Å trba (, ) is a village in the
Poprad District,
Prešov Region
The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...
, northern
Slovakia
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. It is situated in the
Sub-Tatra Basin, which separates the
High Tatras and
Low Tatras at the European
continental divide between the
Baltic and the
Black Sea
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. It is approximately west of the city of
Poprad.
Etymology
Slovak , —a narrow place (a gap, a cleft, etc.).
The name is probably related to an old trade route between
Liptov
Liptov () is a historical and geographical region in central Slovakia with around 140,000 inhabitants. The area is also known by the German name ''Liptau'', the Hungarian ''Liptó'', the Latin name ''Liptovium'' and the Polish ''Liptów''.
Etym ...
and
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 ...
. The Hungarian (1321 ''Csorba/Chorba'') and the German name (1431 ''Tschirban'') come from the Slovak.
History
Historical records first mention Å trba in 1280 as a medieval village of The Kingdom of Hungary. The village owns the lands around the mountain glacial lake, and now resort, of
Štrbské pleso, to which it gave its name. Locals had started to profit from the construction of High Tatras facilities at the end of 19th century.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 829 metres and covers an area of 43.463 km
2. It has a population of 3,653 people. Its detached borough of Tatranská Štrba hosts the
Å trba railway station, the valley terminus of the
Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway, and a stop on one of Slovakia's major railways. The mountain resort settlement of
Štrbské Pleso also belongs to the village.
References
External links
Municipal website
Villages and municipalities in Poprad District
Liptov
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