| Podhorany | |
| 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: | 49.2397°N 20.4797°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.01[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.25 |
| Elevation M: | 596[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,955 |
| Population Total: | 2805[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 250.02[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 96.53 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 059 93 |
| Area Code: | +421 52 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | KK |
Podhorany (German: Maltern, Hungarian: Maldur, Подгорані) 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 1235.
In 1910 the village had 598 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession.[6] It was part of the German language island of the Oberzips. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Podhorany 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 Podhorany and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. After the end of World War II the German population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees.[7]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 598 metres and covers an area of 11.02 km2. It has a population of about 2300 people.
According to 2010 census total population had been 2333. In the village is sizeable Roma nationality, which had been claimed by 949 inhabitants, which is ca. 41% of the total population. In 2010 there had been 1165 males and 1166 females, what is ca. 50% for both.
In the village is foodstuff store, train stop, elementary school and a pub. Cultural sightseeings are gothic Roman Catholic and classical evangelical churches.