Holumnica
Municipality
Holumnica is located in Prešov Region
Holumnica
Holumnica
Location of Holumnica in the Prešov Region
Holumnica is located in Slovakia
Holumnica
Holumnica
Location of Holumnica in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°14′00″N 20°21′30″E / 49.23333°N 20.35833°E / 49.23333; 20.35833
Country Slovakia
RegionPrešov
DistrictKežmarok
Area
 • Total16.78[1] km2 (6.48[1] sq mi)
Elevation
594[2] m (1,949[2] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total939[3]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
059 94[2]
Area code+421 52[2]
Car plateKK
Websiteobecholumnica.sk

Holumnica (German: Hollomnitz) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.[4]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1293.

In 1910 the village had 535 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession.[5] It was part of the German language island of the Oberzips. At the end of World War II the German population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees.[6]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 593 metres and covers an area of 8.944 km². It has a population of about 870 people.

Economy and infrastructure

In Holumnica is elementary school, kindergarten, public library, football pitch, post, medical service, foodstuff store and cable TV network. Cultural sightseeings are remnants of the castle, manor house, classical evangelical and gothic Roman Catholic churches.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic" (PDF). Výsledky SODB 2011. Štatistický úrad SR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Magyar statisztikai Közlemények, 1910. Évi Népszámlálás. A népesség főbb adatai Községek és népesebb puszták, telepek szerint. (Budapest 1912) 248-249
  6. ↑ Das Schicksalsjahr der Karpatendeutschen, Retrieved 2023-04-18.

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): 1768-1896 (parish A)
  • Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1877-1925 (parish B)
  • Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1785-1906 (parish A)



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