Dvorce is the name of a village in the Levoča district of Slovakia. After over 600 years, the village was evacuated and destroyed in the 1950s to make way for the Javorina military training area. Former inhabitants light candles at the sight of their former homes, but must seek permission to do so.
Dvorce has been known by various names: Hungarian: Dvorecz (1869 place name ), now Szepesudvard (current usage)
and German Burgerhof.
Dvorce was part of the Szepes county of the kingdom of Hungary and was under the district of Levoča.
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