Sabinov

Coordinates: 49°06′22″N 21°05′08″E / 49.10611°N 21.08556°E / 49.10611; 21.08556
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Sabinov
Town
Church in Sabinov
Church in Sabinov
Car plate
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Websitewww.sabinov.sk

Sabinov (

Latin: Сibinium, Hungarian: Kisszeben, German: Zeben) is a small town located in the Prešov Region (north-eastern Slovakia), approximately 20 km from Prešov and 55 km from Košice
. The population of Sabinov is 12,700.

Etymology

The name apparently comes from some shortened Slavic personal name, e.g. Soba, Sobin, Sobina (probably a short form of Soběslav).[4] In Poland, there are documented personal names Soba, Zoba, Sobien (Soben or Sobin), Sobon (Soboń) and medieval village names Szebne, Szobniow. In the Czech Republic, Sobyn, Sobień, Soběn and medieval village names Sobyenow, Sobíňov, Soběnov. The theory about the origin in a personal name is supported also by the common Slavic possessive suffix -ov preserved in later documents. The names Zob, Zoba, Zobas were used also in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th-13th century, but they may not be related to Soběslav and could be also of Hungarian origin.[5]

As legend has it, the name derives from the daughter of the landlord of Tharkveley called Szabina who would have been the wife of Andrew II of Hungary, and the king built the city in remembrance of her.[6]

1299 Scibinio, 1471 Sabinov, 1518 Kiss Zeben.[5]

History

The first written record about Sabinov is from the year 1248 (Sceben).

free royal town by king Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.[citation needed] In the 15th century Sabinov joined the Pentapolitana, an alliance of five towns of northeastern Kingdom of Hungary (Bardejov/Bártfa, Levoča/Lőcse, Košice/Kassa, Prešov/Eperjes and Sabinov/Kisszeben).[9] The 16th and 17th century was the era of Sabinov's development and economic growth followed by the years of recession.[citation needed] In 1740, an important secondary school was established by the Piarists.[citation needed
] The history of Sabinov is very similar to the history of other towns in this region.

Demographics

According to the 1880 census, the town had 2,825 inhabitants, 2,088 Slovaks (73.9%), 245 Hungarians (8.7%), 412 Germans (14.6%) and others.[10]

According to the 1910 census, the town had 3,288 inhabitants, 1,640

Hungarians (35.5%), 341 Germans (10.4%), 120 Romanians (3.6%), and others.[11]

According to the 2001 census, the town had 12,290 inhabitants. 90.62% of inhabitants were

Lutherans.[12]

The Shop on Main Street

The acclaimed Czechoslovak film,

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (of 1965) in Santa Monica, California in 1966. In 1967 the film's lead actress, Ida Kamińska, was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for her screen work in this motion picture. She and the lead actor, Jozef Kroner, were also honored at the Cannes Film Festival
in France for their roles in the film.

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Sabinov and Category:People from Sabinov District

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Sabinov is

twinned with:[13]

External links

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5
    .
  5. ^ a b Hudáček 2010, p. 404.
  6. ^ András Vályi - Magyar országnak leírása, p. 324-325, 1799
  7. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5
    .
  8. ^ a b Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 410.
  9. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 409.
  10. ISBN 978-80-8121-222-2
    .
  11. ^ Majo 2012, p. 830.
  12. ^ a b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  13. ^ "Úvodná strana". sabinov.sk (in Slovak). Sabinov. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
See also:
Szeben
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