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Location of Kežmarok District in the Prešov region
Huncovce (Template:IPA-sk; Hungarian: Hunfalva, til 1902: Hunfalu, German: Hunsdorf, Hunszdorf, Hundsdorf in der Zips, Hunzdorf, Hunesdorf,[1] Yiddish: אונסדאָרףֿ Unsdorf, Hebrew: אונסדורף, Latin: Villa Canis, Hunisvilla) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
Geography[]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 639 metres and covers an area of 13.262 km². It has a population of about 2400 people.
History[]
The village belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.
People[]
- David Friesenhausen (1750, Friesenhausen - 1828, Gyulafehérvár/Alba Iulia), a Jewish Bavarian-Hungarian Talmudist, scientist, mathematician, Hebrew-language writer; lived here[2]
- Solomon Winter (Hungarian: Winter Salamon; 1778, ?, in the Szepes - ), Jewish Hungarian philanthropist; lived and died here
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110809054455/https://portal.gov.sk/Portal/sk/Default.aspx?CatID=109&cityID=523526. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ [1]Jewish Encyclopedia, accessed 27 February 2014.
Genealogical resources[]
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1675-1899 (parish A)
- Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1944 (parish B)
External links[]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- Surnames of living people in Huncovce
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