Plaveč, Stará Ľubovňa District

Plaveč (German: Plautsch; Hungarian: Palocsa; Polish: Pławiec) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

Etymology

Plavec (Polovtsian in Slovak) → Plaveč.^[1]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1287. The ruins of the 13th century Plaveč Castle lie above the town, after a fire in 1856.^[2]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 488 metres and covers an area of 16.683 km². It has a population of about 1857 people.

References

^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2014). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (48)". Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (6). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 331.
^ "Plaveč Castle".

External links

http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

49°16′N 20°51′E / 49.267°N 20.850°E / 49.267; 20.850

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[krajcovic-1] Krajčovič, Rudolf (2014). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (48)". Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (6). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 331.

[2] "Plaveč Castle".