Spišský Hrušov

Spišský Hrušov ( until 1927 slovak " Hrušov "; German Birndorf or Grausch, Hungarian Szepeskörtvélyes - to 1907 Körtvélyes ) is a city and municipality in eastern Slovakia, with 1261 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011) and belongs to Okres Ves ( Košice kraj ).

Geography

The community is located at the confluence of the streams Lodina and Hrušov in the traditional landscape Zips, eight kilometers west of Spišské Vlachy and 12 kilometers east of Ves in the basin Hornádska kotlina.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1253 as Kurtues writing. 1826 are listed 86 houses and 637 inhabitants. 1831 58 people died during a cholera epidemic, short before the peasant revolt.

Attractions

• Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria from the late 13th century, originally Gothic, rebuilt in the 18th century
• Originally Renaissance, today partially baroque and partly classical country castle was built in 1596, today the seat of the municipal administration
• Ruins of a church, which belonged to the defunct settlement Miloj, west of the town

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• Spišský Hrušov
• Kraj municipality in Košice
• Location in Slovakia