Huncovce

Location of Kežmarok District in the Prešov region

Huncovce (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɦuntsowtse]; Hungarian: Hunfalva, til 1902: Hunfalu, German: Hunsdorf, Hunszdorf, Hundsdorf in der Zips, Hunzdorf, Hunesdorf,^[1] Yiddish: אונסדאָרףֿ‎ Unsdorf, Hebrew: אונסדורף‎‎, Latin: Villa Canis, Hunisvilla) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 639 metres and covers an area of 13.262 km². It has a population of about 2400 people.

People

• David Friesenhausen (1750, Friesenhausen - 1828, Gyulafehérvár/Alba Iulia), a Jewish Bavarian-Hungarian Talmudist, scientist, mathematician, Hebrew-language writer; lived here^[2]
• Solomon Winter (Hungarian: Winter Salamon; 1778, ?, in the Szepes - ), Jewish Hungarian philanthropist; lived and died here

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1675-1899 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1944 (parish B)

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• Surnames of living people in Huncovce

Municipalities of Kežmarok District
Kežmarok Spišská Belá Spišská Stará Ves Abrahámovce Bušovce Červený Kláštor Havka Holumnica Hradisko Huncovce Ihľany Javorina Jezersko Jurské Krížová Ves Lechnica Lendak Ľubica Majere Malá Franková Malý Slavkov Matiašovce Mlynčeky Osturňa Podhorany Rakúsy Reľov Slovenská Ves Spišské Hanušovce Stará Lesná Stráne pod Tatrami Toporec Tvarožná Veľká Franková Veľká Lomnica Vlková Vlkovce Vojňany Vrbov Výborná Zálesie Žakovce

Coordinates: 49°07′N 20°23′E / 49.117°N 20.383°E / 49.117; 20.383