Spišský Štvrtok

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Village in Slovakia

Coat of arms

49°00′N 20°28′E / 49.000°N 20.467°E / 49.000; 20.467Country

SlovakiaRegionPrešovDistrictLevočaFirst mentioned1263Area

• Total14.23^[2] km² (5.49^[2] sq mi)Elevation

546^[3] m (1,791^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total2,580^[1]Postal code

053 14^[3]

Area code+421 53^[3]Car plateLEWebsitewww.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 km². 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

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.