Stará Ľubovňa

Stara Ľubovňa ( German Lublau or Altlublau, Polish Lubowla, Hungarian Ólubló - older even Lubló ) is a town of about 15,000 inhabitants in the north-eastern Slovakia.

The city consists of the districts Podsadek (1964 amalgamated; German Sadek or Heichen ) and Stara Ľubovňa.

Location and Attractions

Stara Ľubovňa located 15 km south of the Polish border on the east Poprad in the High Tatras. It is among the oldest cities in the Spis region. Above the town rises the castle of the same, which is partly still in good condition and now houses a museum about the history of the castle. Next to the castle is the Open Air Museum Stara Ľubovňa ( Slovak - Ľubovňansky skanzen ), which opened in 1985. The most important exhibition object is the Greek Catholic wooden church Matysová, which was built in 1833 and is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. Furthermore, shown wooden houses from the early 20th century from various villages in the area.

The core of the old town is rectangular St. Nicholas Square, which is surrounded by houses from the 17th century. In its center there is a small park and the Gothic Roman Catholic church of St. Nicholas. The attachment, which included the square and the streets surrounding it is only available at two locations.

Also interesting is the Greek Catholic church, which was blessed on 22 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II. The church is constructed in the form of a crown and forms a convent, a bell tower and an amphitheater a religious complex.

History

1292 Stara Ľubovňa was mentioned for the first time under the name Libenow writing. Until his elevation to the ( royal ) City 1342 Stara Ľubovňa the castle was subordinate.

In 1412 it was one of the 13 Zipser cities that were pledged by the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg for 37,000 Prague groschen silver to the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello. Actually, the time of the pledge should not take long, but Sigismund was not the borrowed money back later and leaned Poland the restitution of the amount of money, so that the cities were 360 years Polish pledge. Only in the course of the first partition of Poland in 1772 came under Maria Theresa, the area completely to the Kingdom of Hungary. Thereafter (1778-1876) the city belonged to the province's 16 Zipser cities.

The pledge was for the residents actually an advantage, because they had not the county or the nobility subject and took a neutral position in riots between Poland and the Kingdom of Hungary; Although the area was administered by the Polish community leaders from the castle Ľubovňa, but was not part of Poland. The city of Stara Ľubovňa thereby gained in importance and became more important than the neighboring town of Podolínec.

In 1414 the city received a further privilege: the citizens have been exempted from the half of the Krakow duty.

On April 11, 1556 then largely composed of wooden houses city was largely destroyed by fire - only six houses remained.

Middle of the 18th century had Stara Ľubovňa even has its own currency, the zloty Ľubovniansky that were minted in Stara Ľubovňa and used in the pledged area.

In the postwar period was in Stara Ľubovňa a concentration camp during the expulsion of the Carpathian Germans.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Marián Hossa ( b. 1979 ), Slovak ice hockey player.