Oľšavica
Sign in to saveOľšavica is a village and obec in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
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- Oľšavica
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- Municipality
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- Olsavica-levoca-flag.svg
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- District
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- Levoča District
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- 1
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- First mentioned
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- 1300
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- 776
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- 537 3
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- +421 53
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- LE
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Oľšavica is a village and obec in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1300 or 1308. From its establishment, villagers have followed the Greek Catholic faith; in 1700 there were 348 Greek Catholics out of 351 people living in the village. It is located in the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Two natives of the village, brothers Šimon Štefan and Michal Manuel Olšavský, made their hometown famous as bishops of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo in the eighteenth century. In the late nineteenth century, many villagers emigrated to the United States.