Spišské Podhradie

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Spišské Podhradie
Coat-of-arms N/A
Region (kraj) Prešov Region
District (okres) Levoča District
Location 48°59′56″N, 20°45′11″E
Altitude 430 m
Population 3,826 (as of 2006)
Area 24,94 km²
Time Zone
• Summer DST		 CET: UTC+1
CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix +421-53
Postal code 05301
Car registration plate LE
Spišské Podhradie location map

Spišské Podhradie (German: Kirchdorf; Hungarian: Szepesváralja) is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,826.

Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of Spišská Kapitula (hence the town's German name of Kirchdorf, meaning "church town"). The town contains a number of Renaissance merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining synagogue buildings (now disused) in the region.

The town of Spišské Podhradie
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The town of Spišské Podhradie
Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie
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Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie












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