Matiašovce

Matiašovce (German Matshaus or Mathsau , Hungarian Szepesmátyásfalva - until 1907 Mátyásfalu ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 821 inhabitants (December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Kežmarok , part of the Prešovský kraj and is counted as part of the traditional Spiš landscape .

geography

Peter and Paul Church

The municipality is located in the small region of Zamagurie , north of the main ridge of the Spis Magura on the Rieka river , which is part of the Dunajec catchment area , near the border with Poland . The municipality is largely forested and covered by brown forest floors. The center of the village lies at an altitude of 556 m nm and is three kilometers from Spišská Stará Ves and 33 kilometers from Kežmarok .

Neighboring municipalities are Spišská Stará Ves in the north, Havka in the east, Zálesie in the southeast, Spišské Hanušovce in the south, Veľká Franková in the west and Łapsze Niżne (village of Kacwin , PL) in the northwest.

history

The place was founded in the early 14th century by Magister Kokos Berzeviczy and was first mentioned in writing in 1326 as Mathyasuagasa as part of the estate of the Niedzica Castle (now in Poland). Other names mentioned in the Middle Ages are Matheusuagasa (1340) and Mathiasfalva (1352). Later the village belonged to the Horváth-Palocsay family . In 1787 there were 83 houses and 640 inhabitants and in 1828 125 houses and 894 inhabitants who were employed in forestry, agriculture, linen weaving and as shepherds; in the 18th century there was also a distillery.

South of the main town, nine families from Zakopane founded the settlement Matiašovský Potok, or today just Potok , on land acquired from the landowner Littmann .

Until 1918 the place in Zips County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.

population

According to the 2011 census, there were 795 inhabitants in Matiašovce, of which 746 were Slovaks, ten each from Poland and Roma and four from Czechs. 25 residents gave no answer. 727 residents belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, ten residents to the Greek Catholic Church, three residents to the Evangelical Church, two residents to the Reformed Church and one resident to the Evangelical Church AB and the Evangelical Methodist Church; 15 residents were of other denominations. Eleven residents were without a denomination and the denomination of 25 residents was not determined.

Results after the 2001 census (810 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

95.93% Slovaks
1.85% Roma
0.99% Poland
0.49% Czechs

By denomination:

97.53% Roman Catholic
0.99% Greek Catholic
0.99% no answer
0.37% others
0.12% non-denominational

Buildings

Roman Catholic Peter and Paul Church in Gothic style from the 13th century, partly redesigned in Baroque style
Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary from 1992
Renaissance style bell tower from the 16th century next to the Peter and Paul Church

traffic

The Slovak national road II / 542 ( Spišská Belá –Spišská Stará Ves – Polish border) runs through the village . The next Slovak train station is in Kežmarok, the next stop in Spišská Belá (both lines Poprad – Plaveč ).

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)

Web links

Commons : Matiašovce - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)