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词条 Kežmarok
释义

  1. History

  2. Demographics

  3. International relations

     Twin towns — sister cities 

  4. Personalities

  5. Gallery

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. Genealogical resources

  9. External links

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| etymology = "cheese market"
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| leader_name = Ján Ferenčák
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Kežmarok (German: Kesmark/Käsmark, {{lang-hu|Késmárk}}, {{lang-pl|Kieżmark}}, Latin: Kesmarkium) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 17,000), on the Poprad River.

History

Settlement at Kežmarok dates back to the Upper Stone Age. In the 13th century the region contained a community of Saxons, a Slovak fishing village, a Hungarian border post and a Carpathian German settlement. Its Latin name was first mentioned in 1251 as Villa (Saxonum apud Ecclesiam) Sancte Elisabeth. In 1269 Kežmarok received its town charter. It also had the right to organize a cheese market (hence the German name Kesmark ("Käsemarkt" - "cheese market"). In 1433 the town was severely damaged by a Hussite raid. After 1440, the count of Spiš had a seat in Kežmarok. In the 15th century (and then once more in 1655), Kežmarok became a free royal town.

The town was a stronghold of the noble Thököly family. The Hungarian magnate and warrior Imre Thököly was born in the town in 1657. He died in exile in Turkey in 1705 but in the 20th century his body was returned to Kežmarok and he is buried in a noble mausoleum in the town's Lutheran church.

The town's other monuments include a castle, many Renaissance merchant houses, and a museum of ancient books. In pride of place is the Protestant church built in 1688 entirely of wood. The church also contains an organ of 1719 with wooden pipes. The church has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008.

Kežmarok had a large ethnic German minority until the end of World War II. It also had a large and active Jewish community. During World War II, under the auspices of the First Slovak Republic, nearly 3,000 of the town's Jews were deported to German death camps. The town's pre-war Jewish cemetery has now been restored.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 17,383 inhabitants. 95.21% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.59% Roma, 0.83% Czechs and 0.43% Germans.[3] The religious makeup was 77.50% Roman Catholics, 10.98% people with no religious affiliation, 4.83% Lutherans and 2.63% Greek Catholics.[3]

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}

Twin towns — sister cities

Kežmarok is twinned with:[4]

  • {{flagicon|POL}} Bochnia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland[4]
  • {{flagicon|POL}} Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland[4]
  • {{flagicon|HUN}} Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary[4]
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Kupiškis, Lithuania[4]
  • {{flagicon|CZE}} Lanškroun, Czech Republic[4]
  • {{flagicon|FRA}} Lesneven, Finistère, Brittany, France[4]
  • {{flagicon|POL}} Nowy Targ, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland[4]
  • {{flagicon|CZE}} Příbram, Czech Republic[4]
  • {{flagicon|GER}} Weilburg, Hesse, Germany[4]
  • {{flagicon|POL}} Zgierz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland[4]

Personalities

  • Vojtech Alexander, radiologist
  • Ľuboš Bartečko, ice hockey player
  • Karl Sovanka, painter and sculptor
  • Radoslav Suchy, ice hockey player
  • Imre Thököly, Prince of Transylvania
  • Juraj Herz, film director
  • Sámuel List medical doctor at Trnava University 1777.[5] Possible relative To Franz Liszt

Gallery

See also

  • List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

Notes
1. ^The Town Kežmarok {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928093924/http://www.kezmarok.sk/eng/ |date=September 28, 2007 }}
2. ^Mestská a obecná štatistika SR {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006173841/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |date=October 6, 2007 }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Municipal Statistics |publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak republic |url=http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |accessdate=2007-12-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |archivedate=2007-11-16 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
4. ^10 {{cite web|url=http://www.kezmarok.sk/navstevnik/en/?tab=1|title=Oficiálne stránky mesta Kežmarok|work=kezmarok.sk|accessdate=8 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301102541/http://www.kezmarok.sk/navstevnik/en/?tab=1|archivedate=1 March 2010|df=}}
5. ^Szinney József, Magyar írók élete és munkái, Hornyánszky Budapest 1900
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Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1674-1919 (parish A)
  • Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1765-1925 (parish B)
  • Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1601-1897 (parish A)

External links

{{Wikivoyage|Kežmarok}}
  • http://www.kezmarok.net
  • http://www.kezmarok.com
  • http://www.kezmarok.org
  • http://www.elro.sk
  • Surnames'>of living people in Kezmarok
  • [https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kezmarok/PDFs/9617_English_Final_Rev1.pdf A document written about the establishment of the (Kezmarok) Jewish community in 1858, reconstructed from the original manuscript]
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