Spišské Podhradie
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| Spišské Podhradie | |
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| Coat-of-arms N/A | |
| Region (kraj) | Prešov Region |
| District (okres) | Levoča District |
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| 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 |
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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.
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 Seen from nearby Spiš Castle. |
 Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie |
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