Podolínec

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Podolínec
Coat-of-arms N/A
Region (kraj)	Prešov Region
District (okres)	Stará Ľubovňa District
Location	49°15′26″N, 20°31′51″E
Altitude	572 m
Population	3,191 (as of 2006)
Area	33.23 km²
Time Zone • Summer DST	CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix	+421-52
Postal code	06503
Car registration plate	SL

Podolínec (German: Pudlein, Hungarian: Podolin, Polish: Podoliniec) is a town in the Stará Ľubovňa District, Prešov Region in northern Slovakia.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Population
4 Partner town
5 External link

[edit] History

The first written record about Podolínec was in 1235. On April 1412, King Sigismund of Luxembourg promoted Podolínec to a free royal town, but it was later that year pawned to Poland as a result of the Treaty of Lubowla and it stayed in the Polish hands until 1776. Although it politically remained in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Polish took the economic benefits. Podolínec was at that time a walled town with its castle. It was the only town in the Spiš region to resist Hussites raiding. After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the pawn was cancelled in 1773 and re-incorporated to the Kingdom of Hungary three years later. It was part of the "Province of 16 Szepes towns" in the 18th and 19th centuries, but its privileges were gradually reduced and in the end, it was incorporated to the Szepes county. The industrial revolution bypassed Podolínec and only in 1893 the railway came to the town, and some smaller industrial works emerged. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, Podolínec became part of Czechoslovakia.

[edit] Geography

The town lies near the Poprad River, in the Spiš region.

[edit] Population

Podolínec had 3,191 people as of 2006. Ethnical composition: 94% Slovaks, 4% Roma/Gypsy, with other minor ethnicities.

[edit] Partner town

Gmina Rytro, Poland

[edit] External link

Official website

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