Hniezdne

Hniezdne ( until 1927 slovak " gniazda " - to 1948 " Gňazdá "; Kniesen German, Polish gniazda, Hungarian Gnezda ) is a village in north-eastern Slovakia with 1468 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). It is one of the oldest settlements in the northern Zips.

Geography

The village is located in the valley of the Poprad river at the mouth of Kamienka in this, on the northern slope of the mountains and close to the Pieniny Levočské. The center is located at an altitude of 539 m nm and is five kilometers from Stara Ľubovňa and 44 km from Poprad.

History

The first documentary mention of the place Knysen dated from the year 1286. Mainly German settlers were probably some years before on the left bank of Poprad down. 1412 Hniezdne was raised by the Hungarian king Sigismund of Luxembourg to a free royal town and pledged together with other Zipser cities in Poland. It was not until 1772, the area returned to Hungary and Hniezdne was now part of the province of 16 Zipser cities.

In addition to agriculture and trade in the near Poland, the inhabitants lived well from the craft. Especially for their blacksmith arts, tailors and shoemakers knees Sener were known.

Population

Until the first half of the 20th century, the majority of the population German roots. Only after the Second World War had to leave most of their Slovak homeland and attracted mainly to Germany and Austria. Goods in 1880 nor 1034 of 1295 residents of German origin, designated in 1991 in the census, only 18 of 1355 as German.

According to the 2011 census lived in Hniezdne 1,463 inhabitants, of whom 1,338 Slovaks, 72 Roma, twelve German, seven Ruthenians and Czechs, five Ukrainians, two Poles and one Croat and Magyar. 18 inhabitants did not know. 1,332 inhabitants known Jehovah to the Roman Catholic Church, 86 inhabitants of the Greek Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of the seven residents, three residents to the Orthodox Church and one population to the Reformed Church and the witness. 18 residents were non-denominational and 25 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (1.394 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 95.55 % Slovaks
• 2.44% Roma
• 1.29% German
• 0.29% Czechs
• 0.29% Ukrainians

After Confession:

• 91.68 % Roman Catholic
• 5.28% Greek Catholic
• 1.87% no religious affiliation
• 0.36% Evangelical
• 0.29 % no answer

Attractions

In 1820, the Roman Catholic Church of St was. Dedicated to St. Bartholomew. It was built on the foundations of an older church and is baroque and classical furnishings. Outside the church there is a built in 1873 Holy Trinity, which is to remember, as in many other cities Having had cholera epidemic.

2012, an exhibition was opened called "nest Ville Park " in the village, the traditional crafts and a traditional distillery shows. At the same time visitors are offered " first Slovak whiskey ", which is also "nest Ville " is and is made right next door.