Dvorce (Slovakia)
Dvorce (German Bürgerhof ) is a former village in Okres Kežmarok ( Prešovský kraj ) in eastern Slovakia .
The village consisted of farmsteads, was about 20 km away from Kežmarok (German: Kesmark ) and about 8 km away from Levoča (German: Leutschau ) in the Leutschauer Mountains (Slovak: Levočské vrchy ) and belonged to the former CSSR .
During the Second World War , the residents were expelled . Most of those who survived were driven to Germany. To this day, not a single resident has been able to return to his home or home.
After the Second World War, the area was occupied by the Red Army , heavily mined and restricted area . Dvorce had been part of the Dvorce military training area (Slovakia) in the Javorina military district since 1953 . After the abolition of the military district in early 2011, the area of the former town of Levoča was added.
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- Exonyms - Forgotten place names - German settlements in Slovakia ( Memento from June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )