Spišské Podhradie

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Spišské Podhradie
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Spišské Podhradie
Spišské Podhradie (Slovakia)
Spišské Podhradie
Spišské Podhradie
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Levoča
Region : Spiš
Area : 24.945 km²
Residents : 3,985 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 160 inhabitants per km²
Height : 430  m nm
Postal code : 053 04
Telephone code : 0 53
Geographic location : 49 ° 0 ′  N , 20 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 20 ° 45 ′ 12 ″  E
License plate : LE
Kód obce : 543578
structure
Community type : city
Urban area structure: 2 districts
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Michal Kapusta
Address: Mestský úrad Spišské Podhradie
Mariánske námestie 37
05304 Spišské Podhradie
Website: www.spisskepodhradie.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Spišské Podhradie (German Kirchdrauf , older also church village ; Hungarian Szepesváralja ; Polish Spiskie Podgrodzie ) is a small town in the north of Slovakia in the Spiš and directly below the Spiš castle of the same name.

The Spiš Castle , the Spiš Chapter and Žehra are UNESCO World Heritage Sites . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Spiš , whose episcopal church is the Cathedral of St. Martin .

City structure

The city consists of 2 cadastral areas:

  1. Spišské Podhradie (German Kirchdrauf ) with the Spišská Kapitula district (incorporated in 1948; German Zipser Kapitel )
  2. Katúň (incorporated in 1991; German calico )

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1249 and received city ​​rights in 1412 . In the city is the former monastery of the Brothers of Mercy .

The Spišská Kapitula (German Zipser Kapitel , Hungarian Szepeshely ) has belonged to the place since 1948 . Once the seat of the Spiš provost and the diocese established in 1776, the place, walled between 1662 and 1665, was also the residence of the clergy's servants . The two-tower St. Martin's Cathedral, built in 1245, forms the center of the place, which was declared a city monument in 1950.

Population development

Ethnic structure
year Residents Slovaks German Hungary Others
1880 3,256 2.173 857 71 -
1910 3.129 1,832 713 566 -
2011 4,078 3,410 - - -

Culture

Surroundings

The Spiš Castle (2003)
View of the city from the Spiš Castle

On the opposite side of the valley, in which the town of Kirchdrauf is located, lies the huge Spiš Castle ( Spišský hrad ).

The Dreveník travertine rocks , which were declared a national nature reserve in 1925 because of their uniqueness, are located in the vicinity of the town .

In the national nature reserve Sivá Brada ( Silberbart ) there is a weakly active cold water geyser below a hill with a baroque chapel. The water is lime and sulphurous and not particularly tasty.

The neighboring village of Žehra ( Schigra ) is one of the oldest Spiš communities. The church, built in 1245 with Gothic and Romanesque elements, has valuable frescoes inside .

View of the Martins Cathedral

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Spišské Podhradie  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments. UNESCO Memory of the World, accessed September 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Národná Prírodná rezervácia Dreveník. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Národná prírodná rezervácia Sivá Brada. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Spišské Podhradie. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Žehra. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .