Tatranská Javorina

Tatranská Javorina ( Uhrngarten German, Polish Jaworzyna Spiska, Hungarian Javorina ) is a municipality in the north-eastern Slovakia. It lies at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, about 25 km from Zakopane in Poland and is 45 km from Poprad.

History

The beginnings of the community are in the 18th century. 1759 an ironworks with hammer and blast furnace in 1837 was then erected a mill in the area of ​​present-day village. However, this work was a mid-19th century and it was in 1875 opened a cardboard factory and a pulp production. Through the establishment of industries arose around the factory a season settlement, which was officially part of this municipality Jurgov / Jurgów and was independent from 1863.

1879, the area was purchased by the Prussian lords Christian Kraft Prince of Hohenlohe- Öhringen. He built the small town further and tried to establish a wild breeding.

1918 was the place to the border to Poland and was in the Czechoslovak -Polish border disputes a point of contention between the two countries. From September 1938 to November 1939, the town was then occupied by the Poles and was named Jaworzyna Spiska. 1947 to the end of 1992 the church was a part of Ždiar.

Name

The name of the town comes from the former maple forests (Slovak javor ) in the area, according to which some geographical objects were named ( Javorinka river, valley Javorová valley and peaks Javorový stit ( 2417.6 m above sea level). The German name comes of the dialectal pronunciation of " maple Garden ", others mentioned forms are also Urengarten and Urngarten.

Community

The municipality also the settlement Podspády counts ( German Fluder ).

Border crossing Tatranská Javorina - Lysa Polana. The river Biela voda ( ger. Białka ) flows on the right side.

Contentious border between Poland and Slovakia to Javorina around