Lesnica (Slovakia)

Lesnica
Lesnica
Village
	Local church
	Lesnica Location of Lesnica in Slovakia Lesnica Lesnica (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 49°24′00″N 20°28′00″E / 49.40000°N 20.46667°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Stará Ľubovňa
First mentioned	1297
Government
• Mayor	Ján Gondek (SME, KDH, Smer-SD, SNS)
Area
• Total	14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Elevation	485 m (1,591 ft)
Population (2024)
• Total	488
• Density	33/km2 (87/sq mi)

Lesnica (Hungarian: Erdős, until 1899: Lesnicz, German: Leschnitz) is a large village and municipality in the Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1297.^[4]^[5] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lesnica was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 25 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lesnica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

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^ Slovenské pohl'ady (in Slovak). Matica slovenská. 1978. p. 65. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Kovalčík, Vlastimil (1998). Pod erbom severu (in Slovak). Hojnica. p. 27. ISBN 978-80-967868-0-0. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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Lesnica
Village
Local church
Lesnica Location of Lesnica in Slovakia Show map of Prešov Region Lesnica Lesnica (Slovakia) Show map of Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°24′00″N 20°28′00″E / 49.40000°N 20.46667°E / 49.40000; 20.46667
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Stará Ľubovňa
First mentioned	1297
Government ^[1]
• Mayor	Ján Gondek (SME, KDH, Smer-SD, SNS)
Area ^[2]
• Total	14.6 km² (5.6 sq mi)
Elevation	485 m (1,591 ft)
Population (2024)^[3]
• Total	488
• Density	33/km² (87/sq mi)