Svidník
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Prešovský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Svidník | ||
| Region : | Šariš | ||
| Area : | 19.920 km² | ||
| Residents : | 10,752 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 540 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 230 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 089 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 54 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 18 ' N , 21 ° 34' E | ||
| License plate : | SK | ||
| Kód obce : | 527106 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Marcela Ivančová | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Svidník ul. Sov. hrdinov 08901 Svidník |
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| Website: | www.svidnik.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Svidník (German Oberswidnik ) is a city in eastern Slovakia . It is the administrative seat of the Okres Svidník of the same name and the center of the Ruthenian population in Slovakia.
The community was created in 1944 through the merger of the communities Nižný Svidník (Hungarian Alsószvidnik or since 1907 Alsóvízköz ) and Výšný Svidník (German rarely Oberswidnik , Hungarian Felsöszvidnik or since 1907 Felsövízköz ).
geography
Svidník in the wide valley of the upper Ondava is surrounded by the ridges of the Ondau Mountains ( Ondavská vrchovina ), a foothill of the Lower Beskids . The Duklapass - at 502 m above sea level the lowest Carpathian pass ever - is about 20 kilometers from Svidník in a north-easterly direction.
Attractions
- Ruthenian wooden church within an open-air museum
- Museum of Ukrainian Culture
- Orthodox Church
- Military history museum on the battle of the Duklapass from 1944 with a large freely accessible exhibition with heavy technology of the armies involved.
Town twinning
Svidník maintains partnership relationships with
sons and daughters of the town
- Ivan Mikloš (* 1960), politician (SDKÚ)
- Kristína Peláková (* 1987), singer
- Róbert Pich (* 1988), football player
Web links
- City presentation (German)