Spišský Štvrtok

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Spišský Štvrtok
Village
Church of St. Ladislaus in the village
Coat of arms
Spišský Štvrtok Location in Prešov Region Show map of Prešov Region Spišský Štvrtok Location in Slovakia Show map of Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°00′N 20°28′E / 49.000°N 20.467°E / 49.000; 20.467
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Levoča
First mentioned	1263
Area
• Total	14.23[2] km2 (5.49[2] sq mi)
Elevation	546[3] m (1,791[3] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,580[1]
Postal code	053 14[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Car plate	LE
Website	www.spisskystvrtok.sk

Spišský Štvrtok (before 1927 "Štvrtok"; German: Donnersmark, Hungarian: Csütörtökhely, Polish: Spiski Czwartek) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. The municipality lies at an elevation of 560 metres and covers an area of 14.237 km². It has a population of about 2,334 people.

The name of the village means "Thursday", referring to its historical market-day. Name before 1242 was Szentlászló after Ladislaus I of Hungary

• Henckel von Donnersmarck
• Szapolya family
• Mikuláš Dzurinda, former prime minister of Slovakia.
• Štefan Sečka, a former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

• The official webpage.

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