Spišský Štvrtok

Spišský Štvrtok
Village
Church of St. Ladislaus in the village
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°00′N 20°28′E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Levoča
First mentioned	1263
Area
• Total	14.23[2] km^2 (5.49[2] sq mi)
Elevation	546[3] m (1,791[3] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,580[1]
Postal code	053 14[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Car plate	LE
Website	www.spisskystvrtok.sk

Spišský Štvrtok (before 1927 "Štvrtok"; German: Donnersmark, Hungarian: Csütörtökhely, Polish: Spiski Czwartek) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. The municipality lies at an elevation of 560 metres and covers an area of 14.237 km^2. It has a population of about 2,334 people.

The name of the village means "Thursday", referring to its historical market-day. Name before 1242 was Szentlászló after Ladislaus I of Hungary

People

• Henckel von Donnersmarck
• Szapolya family
• Mikuláš Dzurinda, former prime minister of Slovakia.
• Štefan Sečka, a former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

References

1. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
2. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
3. "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
4. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

External links

• The official webpage.