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Huncovce ([ˈɦuntsowtse]; Hungarian: Hunfalva, til 1902: Hunfalu, German: Hunsdorf, Hunszdorf, Hundsdorf in der Zips, Hunzdorf, Hunesdorf, Yiddish: אונסדאָרףֿ‎ Unsdorf, Hebrew: אונסדורף‎‎, Latin: Villa Canis, Hunisvilla) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

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Map of 059 92 Huncovce, Slovakia

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 639 metres and covers an area of 13.262 km². It has a population of about 2400 people.

People

  • David Friesenhausen (1750, Friesenhausen - 1828, Gyulafehérvár/Alba Iulia), a Jewish Bavarian-Hungarian Talmudist, scientist, mathematician, Hebrew-language writer; lived here
  • Solomon Winter (Hungarian: Winter Salamon; 1778, ?, in the Szepes - ), Jewish Hungarian philanthropist; lived and died here

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    Huncovce Wikipedia
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