Oľšavica

Coordinates: 49°05′00″N 20°45′12″E / 49.08333°N 20.75333°E / 49.08333; 20.75333
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Oľšavica
Obec
Coordinates: 49°05′00″N 20°45′12″E / 49.08333°N 20.75333°E / 49.08333; 20.75333
Area
 • Total17.60[2] km2 (6.80[2] sq mi)
Elevation
776[3] m (2,546[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total252[1]
Area code+421 53[3]
Websitewww.olsavica.sk

Oľšavica is a village and obec in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia.[5]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1300

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.[5]

In 1944, the village was the site of a mass rescue of some 50 refugees, including 35 Jews who escaped

Righteous among the Nations by the Israeli official Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, in 1997.[7]

Geography

The Greek Catholic church in Oľšavica

Oľšavica lies at an altitude of 800 metres (2,600 ft)[5] and covers an area of 17.6 square kilometres (6.8 sq mi).[10] Geographically, it is dominated by the nearby Spišská hill, at 1,065 metres (3,494 ft). It is bordered by Brutovce to the east, Tichý Potok to the north, Nižné Repaše to the west, Pavľany to the south, and Poproč to the southeast.[5]

Population

Its population has decreased from 808 in 1910 to 291 on the 2011 census.[11]

Landmarks and tourist attraction

The church in the village was built in 1861 and is consecrated to

Our Lady of Protection.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-80-555-0774-3
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  6. ^ Vlastivedný slovník obcí na Slovensku (in Slovak). Slovak Academy of Sciences, Veda. 1977.
  7. ^ a b "Michal Mašlej". The Righteous Among the Nations Database. Yad Vashem. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. ^
    doi:10.7939/R33H33
    .
  9. S2CID 72163121
    .
  10. ^ "Registre obnovenej evidencie pozemkov, Prešovský kraj" (PDF). Úrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra Slovenskej republiky [sk]. p. 3. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  11. ISSN 1336-6157
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