Studenec (LevoÄa District)
Studenec ( to 1948 Slovak Kolbachy; German Kohlbach, Hungarian until 1907 Kolbach, then Hidegpatak ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia with 492 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011) and belongs to Okres Levoča kraj a circle of Prešov.
Geography
The municipality is located in the valley Hornádska kotlina, from the mountains to the west and Branisko Levočské mountains surrounded to the north. Cross through the town flowing south of the creek Margecianka. The center is located at an altitude of 460 m nm and is two kilometers from Spišské Podhradie, and 16 kilometers from Levoča.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1264 as Kaldbach writing. As the name suggests, the place was inhabited predominantly by German colonists. Thus, the village belonged to the province of the Saxons and later to collar 24 Zipser cities, although as part of the city church plan (today Spišské Podhradie ).
As in 1412, the city parish plan was pawned to Poland, the village remained in Hungarian hands and came to the manor of the nearby Spis Castle and tells his men that, as Zápolya in the 15th and 16th or Thurzos in the 16th century. From the 17th century to the end of serfdom in 1848 Kohlbach is then closely related to the Zipser provost or the diocese of Spis.
The "too German " sounding name was in 1948 in the Slovak Studenec (Slovak " studený " = cold) changed, just as 40 years earlier at the Hungarian name Hidegpatak ( = cold stream ) happened.
Population
Results according to the census 2001 (509 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 98.54 % Slovaks
After Confession:
- 94.11 % Roman Catholic
- 3.73 % no answer
Attractions
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph from 1892
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- Location in Slovakia