Spišské Podhradie

Spišské Podhradie Kirchdrauf
Town
View of Spišské Podhradie from the Spiš Castle
Coat of arms
Spišské Podhradie Location of Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°00′00″N 20°45′06″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Levoča
First mentioned	1249
Government
• Mayor	MVDr. Michal Kapusta
Area
• Total	24.94 km2 (9.63 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	448 m (1,470 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	3,785
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Postal code	053 04
Area code	+421 53
Car plate	LE
Website	www.spisskepodhradie.sk

Spišské Podhradie (German: Kirchdrauf, Hungarian: Szepesváralja) is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,775.

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 an old German name 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. The Sivá Brada cold water spring is located nearby.

Twin towns — sister cities

Spišské Podhradie is twinned with:

• Głogów Małopolski, Poland
• Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United States
• Show Low, Arizona, United States
• Vrbové, Slovakia

Pictures

• 
  Road in Spišská Kapitula with Spiš Castle above
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  Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie
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  Town center and Spiš Castle above
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  View of Spišské Podhradie and Spiš Castle in the background
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  A street in Spišské Podhradie

External links

• Official website