Kežmarok
Town
Coat of arms
Name origin: "cheese market"
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Kežmarok
Tourism region	Tatry
River	Poprad
Elevation	626 m (2,054 ft)
Coordinates	49°08′01″N 20°25′35″E / 49.13361, 20.42639
Area	24. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Prešov Region (in Slovak Prešovský Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. Kežmarok District ( okres Kežmarok) is a district inthe Panorama tatierjpg|thumb|right|300px|Panorama of Tatras]]The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra ( Tatry in both Polish and Slovak) The Poprad (German Popper) is a River in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, and a tributary of the Dunajec River (near Stary The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 83 km² (9. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 59 sq mi)
Population	17,241 (31 December 2005)
Density	694 /km² (1,797 /sq mi)
First mentioned	1251
Mayor	Igor Šajtlava
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	06001
Area code	+421-52
Car plate	KK
Location of Kežmarok in Slovakia
Location of Kežmarok in the Prešov Region
Wikimedia Commons: Kežmarok
Website: www.kezmarok.sk
Sources: [1][2]

Kežmarok (German: Kesmark/Käsmark, Hungarian: Késmárk, Polish: Kieżmark, Latin: Kesmarkium) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 17,000), on the Poprad River. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Since 1997, the Slovak car registration plate number (EČV evidenčné číslo vozidla generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Spiš (- Slovak; Latin: Scepusium, Zips Szepesség Spisz is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Poprad (German Popper) is a River in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, and a tributary of the Dunajec River (near Stary

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Twin cities 4 Famous people 5 References 6 External links

History

Settlement at Kežmarok dates back to the Upper Stone Age. The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe Africa In the 13th century the region contained a community of Saxons, a Slovak fishing village, a Hungarian border post and a Carpathian German settlement. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 Carpathian Germans (Karpatendeutsche Felvidéki németek Slovak: Karpatskí Nemci) sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German Slowakeideutsche Its Latin name was first mentioned in 1251 as Villa (Saxonum apud Ecclesiam) Sancte Elisabeth. In 1269 Kežmarok received its town charter. It also had the right to organize a cheese market (hence the German name Kesmark ("Käsemarkt" - "cheese market"). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In 1433 the town was severely damaged by a Hussite raid. The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus or John Huss (c After 1440, the count of Spiš had a seat in Kežmarok. In the 15th century (and then once more in 1655), Kežmarok became a free royal town. In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash

The town was a stronghold of the noble Thököly family. The Hungarian magnate and warrior Imre Thököly was born in the town in 1657. Count Imrich Tököly de Kesmarkium ( Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian; or in Slovak Imrich Tököli according to his most frequent He died in exile in Turkey in 1705 but in the 20th century his body was returned to Kežmarok and he is buried in a noble mausoleum in the town's Lutheran church. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation.

The town's other monuments include a castle, many Renaissance merchant houses, and a museum of ancient books. In pride of place is the Protestant church built in 1688 entirely of wood. The Wooden Articular church in Kežmarok (Drevený artikulárny kostol v Kežmarku is a wooden church in Kežmarok, Slovakia. The church also contains an organ of 1719 with wooden pipes. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Kežmarok had a large ethnic German minority until the end of World War II (see Carpathian Germans). This article is about the German diaspora See Germans for the German ethnicity in general World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Carpathian Germans (Karpatendeutsche Felvidéki németek Slovak: Karpatskí Nemci) sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German Slowakeideutsche It also had a large and active Jewish community. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ During World War II, under the auspices of the First Slovak Republic, nearly 3,000 of the town's Jews were deported to German death camps. The Slovak Republic ( Slovak: Slovenská republika) was an independent national Slovak state which existed from 14 March 1939 Extermination camps were two types of facilities that Nazi Germany built during World War II for the systematic killing of millions of people in what has become The town's pre-war Jewish cemetery has now been restored.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 17,383 inhabitants. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 95. 21% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 59% Roma, 0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 83% Czechs and 0. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic 43% Germans. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as ^[3] The religious makeup was 77. 50% Roman Catholics, 10. 98% people with no religious affiliation, 4. 83% Lutherans and 2. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther 63% Greek Catholics. Greek Catholic Church is a term which refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine ( Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition ^[3]

Twin cities

• Bochnia, Poland
• Gliwice, Poland
• Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary
• Kupiškis, Lithuania
• Lanškroun, Czech Republic
• Lesneven, France
• Nowy Targ, Poland
• Příbram, Czech Republic
• Weilburg, Germany
• Zgierz, Poland

Famous people

• Vojtech Alexander, radiologist
• Lubos Bartecko, ice hockey player
• Karl Sovanka, painter and sculptor
• Radoslav Suchy, ice hockey player
• Imre Thököly, Prince of Transylvania

References

External links

• Official municipal website
• http://www.kezmarok.net
• http://www.kezmarok.com

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