Toporec (Hungarian: Toporc, German: Topporz) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
History edit
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1277. Between 1000 and 1918, it was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 it became part of Czechoslovakia. The 1773 and 1796 censuses recorded a Slovak majority.[1][2]
In 1818 Artúr Görgei was born in Toporec.
In 1910 the village had 818 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession.[3] 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.[4]
Geography edit
The municipality lies at an altitude of 572 metres and covers an area of 28.122 km2 . It has a population of about 1690 people.
References edit
- ^ VÁLYI, András. Magyarországnak leirása. Budín, 1796.
- ^ Lexicon universorum Regni Hungariae locorum populosorum, 1773. http://mtdaportal.extra.hu/ADATBANK/Lexicon_lcorum.PDF
- ^ Magyar statisztikai Közlemények, 1910. Évi Népszámlálás. A népesség főbb adatai Községek és népesebb puszták, telepek szerint. (Budapest 1912) 248-249
- ^ Das Schicksalsjahr der Karpatendeutschen, Retrieved 2023-04-18.
External links edit
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