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Lechnica

Lechnica (, , ) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name: Lechnica
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Lechnica P29.jpg
Slovak place.image_caption: Aerial view on Lehnica
Slovak place.image_flag: Lechnica-kezmarok-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Kežmarok District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Lechnica in the Prešov Region##Location of Lechnica in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1319
Slovak place.elevation_m: 485
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 590 6
Slovak place.area_code: +421 52
Slovak place.registration_plate: KK

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Lechnica (, , ) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1319. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lechnica was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lechnica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.