Spišský Štvrtok (before 1927 "Štvrtok"; , , ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Levoča District Levoča District (''okres Levoča'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern 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, H ...

in the

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 ...

of central-eastern

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 m ...

. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. The

lies at an

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of 560 metres and covers an

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of 14.237 km². It has a

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of about 2,334 people. The name of the village means "Thursday", referring to its historical market-day. Name before 1242 was

Szentlászló Szentlászló is a village in Baranya (county), Baranya county, Hungary. Location The village is located on the northwestern side of Baranya (county), Baranya (in Zselic). The next city Szigetvár lies 13 km from the village. Baranya's coun ...

after

Ladislaus I of Hungary Ladislaus I (, , , ; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Richeza (or Adela ...

People

Henckel von Donnersmarck The Henckel von Donnersmarck family is an Austro-German noble family that originated in the former region of Spiš in Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia). The founder of the family was Henckel de Quintoforo in the 14th century. The original seat of th ...

* Szapolya family *

Mikuláš Dzurinda Mikuláš Dzurinda (; born 4 February 1955) is a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. Dzurinda is the founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and then the Slovak Democr ...

, former prime minister of Slovakia. *

Štefan Sečka Štefan Sečka (6 July 1953 – 28 October 2020) was a Slovak Roman Catholic bishop. Sečka was born in Czechoslovakia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1976. He served as Titular bishop of ''Sita'' and Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Cathol ...

, a former

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš The Diocese of Spiš (, , ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Žilina Region and western part of the Prešov Region. Its seat is in Spišská Kapitula; the diocese c ...

References

Villages and municipalities in Levoča District Spiš {{Prešov-geo-stub