Žehra
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Košický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Spišská Nová Ves | ||
| Region : | Spiš | ||
| Area : | 9.658 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,498 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 259 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 426 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 053 61 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 53 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 59 ' N , 20 ° 48' E | ||
| License plate : | SN | ||
| Kód obce : | 526657 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 2 parts of the community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Marián Kandráč | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Žehra 104 05361 Žehra |
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| Website: | www.zehra.ou.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Žehra (German Schigra , Hungarian Zsigra - until 1902 Zsegra ) is a village in the Spiš region in Slovakia .
location
It is located in eastern Slovakia about 17 kilometers from Levoča and 5 kilometers from the Spiš Castle , which is on the territory of the municipality. In addition to the main town Žehra , the north-west part of the village Hodkovce (incorporated in 1877; German Hotzendorf ) belongs to the place .
History and sights
The place was first mentioned in 1245 as Sygura . The Romanesque Church of the Holy Spirit from 1275 is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1993) because of its Gothic frescoes (created between the 13th and 15th centuries ).
After a fire in the 15th century, it was given a Gothic vault supported by a central column like a palm tree.
The oldest wall paintings are the so-called consecration crosses (consecration crosses) from 1275. In the tympanum of the south portal there is a representation of Golgotha , also from the 13th century. A representation of the Trinity as a three head comes from the 14th century . The pictures were probably whitewashed as a result of a plague epidemic in 1644/45 and exposed again in the 20th century.
In the village of Hodkovce, surrounded by a large French park, there is a baroque chateau of the Counts Csáky from 1703.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments. UNESCO Memory of the World, accessed September 1, 2017 .
Cultural heritage: Vlkolínec farming village (1993) | Levoča , Spišský hrad , Spišské Podhradie and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Žehra (1993) | Mining town of Banská Štiavnica (1993) | Historical center of Bardejov (2000) | Wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains (2008)
Natural heritage: caves in the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (1995) | Primeval beech forests in the Carpathian Mountains (2007)