Huncovce

Huncovce (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɦuntsɔʊ̯tsɛ]; 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.

Location of Kežmarok District in the Prešov region

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.

History

The village belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

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

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2010-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Jewish Encyclopedia, accessed 27 February 2014.

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)


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