Kežmarok
Kežmarok is a locality in Kežmarok District, Prešov Region. Kežmarok is situated nearby to the locality Majere, as well as near the suburb Strážky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kežmarok Castle and Articular church, Kežmarok.
Articular church, Kežmarok
Church
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The Articular church in Kežmarok is a wooden church in Kežmarok, Slovakia. The local Lutherans built it following a period of religious persecution, when in 1681 the Congress of Sopron permitted Lutherans, in articles 26 and 27 of an agreement, to erect two churches in each of eleven counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, nine of which are in present-day Slovakia.
Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church
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The Basilica minor of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a Late Gothic three-nave Catholic church located in the town of Kežmarok in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kežmarok and Ľubica.
Kežmarok
Photo: Kezmarcan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kežmarok is a historical town in the Spiš of Eastern Slovakia. Like towns in the area it formerly had a large Carpathian German population. The town's notable sites of interest include a castle, a spectacular wooden church in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and a pedestrianised historical town centre.
Ľubica
Village
Spišská Belá
Town
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Spišská Belá is a town in the Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region in Spiš in northern Slovakia. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Spišská Belá is situated 4½ km north of Kežmarok.
Kežmarok
- Type: Locality with 16,500 residents
- Also known as: “523585” and “Kezmarok”
- Location: Kežmarok District, Prešov Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.15° or 49° 9′ 0″ northLongitude
20.436° or 20° 26′ 10″ eastPopulation
16,500Elevation
609 metres (1,998 feet)Open location code
8GX25C2P+29GeoNames ID
12057894
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In Other Languages
“Kežmarok” goes by many names.
- Slovak: “Kežmarok”
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