Huncovce

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Location of Kežmarok District in the Prešov region

Huncovce (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɦuntsɔwtse]; Hungarian: Hunfalva, til 1902: Hunfalu, German: Hunsdorf, Hunszdorf, Hundsdorf in der Zips, Hunzdorf, Hunesdorf,^[1] Yiddish: אונסדאָרףֿ‎ Unsdorf, Hebrew: אונסדורף‎, Latin: Villa Canis, Hunisvilla) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

Geography[]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 639 metres and covers an area of 13.262 km². It has a population of about 2400 people.

History[]

The village belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

People[]

• David Friesenhausen (1750, - 1828, Gyulafehérvár/Alba Iulia), a Jewish Bavarian-Hungarian Talmudist, scientist, mathematician, Hebrew-language writer; lived here^[2]
• Solomon Winter (Hungarian: Winter Salamon; 1778, ?, in the Szepes - ), Jewish Hungarian philanthropist; lived and died here

See also[]

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References[]

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): 1675-1899 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1944 (parish B)

External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• Surnames of living people in Huncovce

Coordinates: 49°07′N 20°23′E / 49.117°N 20.383°E / 49.117; 20.383

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