Spišské Podhradie | |
Other Name: | Kirchdrauf |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Levoča |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49°N 20.7517°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | MVDr. Michal Kapusta |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1249 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 24.94 |
Elevation M: | 448[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,470 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 3785 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 053 04 |
Area Code: | +421 53 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | LE |
Website: | www.spisskepodhradie.sk |
Area Note: |
Spišské Podhradie (German: Kirchdrauf, Hungarian: Szepesváralja) is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,775.
Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of Spišská Kapitula (hence an old German name Kirchdorf, meaning "church town"). The town contains a number of Renaissance merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining synagogue buildings (now disused) in the region. The Sivá Brada cold water spring is located nearby.
Spišské Podhradie is twinned with: