Hrabušice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Košice |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Spišská Nová Ves |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hrabušice in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.9833°N 45°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1279 |
Area Total Km2: | 40.88[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 15.78 |
Elevation M: | 542[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,778 |
Population Total: | 2598[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 63.36[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 24.46 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 053 15 |
Area Code: | +421 53 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | SN |
Website: | www.hrabusice.sk |
Hrabušice (Hungarian: Káposztafalva) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia. Hrabušice is the starting point for the walks through Slovak karst region. Tourism is a major local employer here.
The village was first mentioned in local records in 1279. It contains the 13th century Church of St. Laurence, and the ruins of a Carthusian monastery, built about 1305 on the site of a refuge used during the period of the Tatar invasions.
The village lies at an altitude of 548 metres and covers an area of 40.886 km². In 2011 Hrabušice had a population of about 2,378 inhabitants.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"