Stará Voda (Gelnica)

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Stará Voda
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Stará Voda (Slovakia)
Stará Voda
Stará Voda
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Košický kraj
Okres : Gelnica
Region : Spiš
Area : 3.284 km²
Residents : 200 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 61 inhabitants per km²
Height : 550  m nm
Postal code : 053 34 ( Švedlár post office )
Telephone code : 0 53
Geographic location : 48 ° 48 '  N , 20 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '53 "  N , 20 ° 40' 36"  E
License plate : GL
Kód obce : 543632
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Ján Jarábek
Address: Obecný úrad Stará Voda
č. 15
053 34 Stará Voda
Website: www.staravoda.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Stará Voda (German backwater , Hungarian Óvíz ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with 200 inhabitants (December 31, 2019), which for Okres Gelnica , a circle of kraj Košický heard and the traditional landscape Zips is counted.

geography

View of the place and the surrounding area

The village is located on a small terrace in the northeastern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains , more precisely in the lower part of Volovské vrchy , in the valley of the Stará voda brook , a tributary of the Hnilec . The center of the village is at an altitude of 550  m nm and is 28 km by road from Gelnica and 30 km by road from Spišská Nová Ves .

history

Railway viaduct of the Margecany – Červená Skala railway line at the lower end of the village

In contrast to other places in the area, Stará Voda emerged relatively late in the 18th century as a mountain settlement next to a hammer mill and at that time belonged to the Smolník Chamber Estate . In 1828 there are 61 houses and 585 inhabitants. In addition to mining and forestry, nail manufacture was also widespread until the beginning of the 20th century.

population

Local church

Results after the 2001 census (233 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 99.57% Slovaks
  • 0.43% Czechs

By denomination:

  • 93.13% Roman Catholic
  • 3.86% non-denominational

Web links

Commons : Stará Voda (Gelnica)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files