Brezovička
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Prešovský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Sabinov | ||
| Region : | Šariš | ||
| Area : | 8,952 km² | ||
| Residents : | 411 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 46 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 494 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 082 74 ( Brezovica post office ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 51 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 8 ' N , 20 ° 51' E | ||
| License plate : | SB | ||
| Kód obce : | 524247 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Peter Tomčufčík | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Brezovička č. 8 082 74 Brezovica nad Torysou |
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| Website: | www.brezovicka.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Brezovička (- German Slovak 1927-1948 "Hamborek" until 1927 "Hamburek" Hamburg or Hamborg , Hungarian Hambor to 1907 - Hamborg is a municipality in) east of Slovakia with 411 inhabitants (December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Sabinov , a district of the Prešovský kraj , as well as to the traditional Šariš landscape .
geography
The municipality is located on the eastern slope of the Leutschauer Berge in the valley of the Slavkovský brook . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 494 m nm and is 24 kilometers from Sabinov , 37 kilometers from Levoča and 42 kilometers from Prešov .
history
Brezovička was founded around the middle of the 13th century and was first mentioned in writing in 1320 as Haynburg . As early as 1307, the Berzeviczy family had built a castle above the village, which probably stood in the Zámčisko district and was destroyed in the 15th century. Traces of these oval Hamborek can still be seen. This is where the name comes from. “Ham” denoted a branch; According to this meaning the name means "castle on a foothill".
The village was under the rule of Torysa for many years . In the late Middle Ages there was a Carthusian monastery nearby . In 1787 there were 63 houses, in 1828 84 houses and 624 inhabitants who were farmers and grain dealers. The village school, founded in 1868, received a new building in 1907. In the 1930s there were three sawmills and three mills in the village.
Until 1918, the place in what was then Sharosh County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary , then came to Czechoslovakia and is now part of Slovakia, which became independent in 1993. In 1948, after the communist seizure of power, Brezovička was one of the more than 700 communities with Hungarian or German roots that were given a Slovak name for political reasons.
population
According to the 2011 census, Brezovička had 429 residents, 409 of whom were Slovaks and two Czechs. 18 residents did not provide any information. 400 residents confessed to the Roman Catholic Church and three residents each to the Greek Catholic Church and the Czechoslovak-Hussite Church. The denomination is not determined for 23 inhabitants.
Results after the 2001 census (422 inhabitants):
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Buildings
- Roman Catholic Martinskirche, originally built in the 13th century, modified in Baroque style in 1713, expanded in 1857–59
- Country palace from 1603, was once the seat of the primary school, which was closed in 1984
- Classicist style chapel from 1830
Sons and daughters of the church
- Henrich Berzeviczy (1652–1713), writer and mathematician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Slovenské slovníky - názvy obcí Slovenskej republiky (Vyvin v rokoch 1773-1997)
- ↑ Belo Polla: Hrady a kaštiele na východnom Slovensku. Košice 1980, sv Hamburek. Quoted from www.hrady.sk, online, accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ Peter Ďurčo: German family names in Slovakia or what can an electronic corpus of names offer for anthroponomic research. In: Albrecht Greule, Jörg Meier: German language in Slovakia. Balance sheet and perspectives of their research. Vienna 2003, pp. 137–151, here p. 148
- ↑ 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak)
- ↑ 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)