Krompachy
Sign in to saveKrompachy (, ) is a town in Slovakia, with a rich mining and metallurgical history, well-known both in Slovakia and in its close neighboring countries for its Plejsy ski center.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Krompachy
- Slovak place.other_name
- Krombach
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Krompachy City hall.jpg
- Slovak place.image_caption
- Krompachy City hall
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Krompachy-spisska nova ves-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Krompachy.png
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Spišská Nová Ves District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Krompachy in the Košice Region##Location of Krompachy in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Dárius Dubiňák
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1246
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 375
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism
- Sites
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Economy
- Healthcare
- Education and Culture
- Sport
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Notable people from Krompachy
- References
- External links
Krompachy (, ) is a town in Slovakia, with a rich mining and metallurgical history, well-known both in Slovakia and in its close neighboring countries for its Plejsy ski center.
== History == The town was first mentioned in 1282 in a charter by King Ladislaus IV as belonging to the domain of Spiš Castle. The town's name derives from German (Krumm Bach - crooked stream), as the town was settled by German colonists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krompachy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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