Dvorce is the name of a village in the Levoča distric of Slovakia. After over 600 years, the village was evacuated and destroyed in the 1950s to make way for the Javorina military training area.[1] Former inhabitants light candles at the sight of their former homes, but must seek permission to do so.
Dvorce has been known by various names: Hungarian: Dvorecz (1869 place name[2][3] [4]), now Szepesudvard (current usage)
[5][6] and German Burgerhof.
Dvorce was part of the Szepes county of the kingdom of Hungary and was under the district of Levoča.