Ostrovany
Sign in to saveOstrovany is a village and municipality in Sabinov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Ostrovany
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Ostrovany Slovakia 2.JPG
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Ostrovany-sabinov-flag.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Sabinov District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Ostrovany in the Prešov Region##Location of Ostrovany in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1248
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 306
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 822 2
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 51
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- SB
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Ostrovany is a village and municipality in Sabinov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
==History== thumb|Neck ring from the 3rd century Treasure of Osztrópataka In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1248. In 1790 and 1865, two rich finds from the burial of a Vandalic king were discovered in Ostrovany. The contents of the grave are located at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary respectively. The Treasure of Osztrópataka is considered to be one of the most important early-historical findings from Slovakia.