Ihľany | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kežmarok |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49.1833°N 20.5375°W |
Area Total Km2: | 28.45[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.98 |
Elevation M: | 684[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 2,244 |
Population Total: | 1567[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 55.01[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 21.24 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 059 94 |
Area Code: | +421 52 |
Website: | http://www.ihlany.sk |
Ihľany (rue|Ігляны, Goral: Majōrki, hu|Majorka, de|Maierhofen) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.[5]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1307. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Ihľany was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Ihľany and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 706 metres and covers an area of 9.587 km².It has a population of about 1380 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"