Spišská Belá

Spisská Bela ( German Zipser Bela, Hungarian Szepesbéla ) is located north of the 7 km away Kežmarok a city in eastern Slovakia, in the valley of the Poprad.

Spisská Bela was mentioned in 1263 for the first time in writing as Bela and is divided into the actual city Spisská Bela ( Zipser Bela ) and the eingemeindeten on February 1, 1976 Location Strážky ( German Nehre ), which is located south of the city. Due to the location of Belerbach ( Beliansky Potok ), which shortly thereafter flows into the Poprad flows. The mathematician Josef Maximilian Petzval was born here.

The place belonged to the Brotherhood of the 24 royal parishes and the Federation of Spis 24 cities. By pledging to a part of the cities it became part of Poland and was later a part of only 16 Zipser cities. Even while pledging the city maintained their wealth.

Attractions

  • Late Romanesque Catholic church of 1264 with tags from the 14th and 15th century, dedicated to St Anthony of Padua
  • Baroque-Classical Protestant church from 1784
  • Old houses on the market
  • Beler bathroom ( Belianske kúpele ), arisen in the 17th century bath with mineral springs and mud baths, decommissioned in 1945, about 1 km south-east from the center
Kraj Okres List of tourism regions of Slovakia Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia Obec Poprad (river) Jozef Maximilián Petzval Huncovce
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