Plaveč,_Stará_Ľubovňa_District

Plaveč, Stará Ľubovňa District

Plaveč, Stará Ľubovňa District

Village and municipality in Slovakia

For the village in the Czech Republic, see Plaveč (Znojmo District).

Plaveč (German: Plautsch; Hungarian: Palocsa; Polish: Pławiec) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

Location of Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region.

Etymology

Plavec (Polovtsian in Slovak) → Plaveč.[1]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1287. The ruins of the 13th century Plaveč Castle lie above the town, after a fire in 1856.[2]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 488 metres and covers an area of 16.683 km². It has a population of about 1857 people.

References

  1. [1]
    Krajčovič, Rudolf (2014). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (48)". Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (6). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 331.
  2. [2]
    "Plaveč Castle".
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