Spišské Hanušovce

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Spišské Hanušovce
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Coat of arms of Spišské Hanušovce
Spišské Hanušovce (Slovakia)
Spišské Hanušovce
Spišské Hanušovce
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Kežmarok
Region : Tatry
Area : 14.296 km²
Residents : 789 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 55 inhabitants per km²
Height : 614  m nm
Postal code : 059 04
Telephone code : 0 52
Geographic location : 49 ° 20 '  N , 20 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '5 "  N , 20 ° 20' 40"  E
License plate : KK
Kód obce : 523861
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Jozef Dudžák
Address: Obecný úrad Spišské Hanušovce
č. 97
059 04 Spišské Hanušovce
Website: www.spisskehanusovce.ocu.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Spišské Hanušovce (until 1927 in Slovak "Hanušovce"; German Hannsdorf or Henschau , Hungarian Hanusfalva ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 789 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

The municipality is located in the Spis Magura Mountains by the Rieka brook , not far from the Polish border. The center of the village is at an altitude of 614  m nm and is seven kilometers from Spišská Stará Ves and 30 kilometers from Kežmarok .

history

The place was founded in 1313 by a mayor under German law and was then called Henus . The Landecker Kreuzorden kept the village until 1593, after which the owners changed between landed gentry and the castle in Käsmark.

In 1828 there are 93 houses and 682 inhabitants who were employed in agriculture and as carters.

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

population

Results after the 2001 census (659 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 98.63% Slovaks
  • 0.30% Poland
  • 0.15% Czechs

By denomination:

  • 96.97% Roman Catholic
  • 1.21% not specified
  • 1.06% Greek Catholic
  • 0.61% Protestant
  • 0.15% non-denominational

Attractions

  • Roman Catholic St. Andrew's Church in the baroque style, built on the plan of a medieval church and designed today in a classicist style
  • Spillenberg country castle in the classical style from the 19th century, today converted into a hotel
  • two chapels from the 18th and 19th centuries
See also:  List of listed objects in Spišské Hanušovce

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