Legnava

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Legnava
Municipality
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Legnava
Location of Legnava in the Prešov Region
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Legnava
Location of Legnava in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°20′N20°51′E / 49.333°N 20.850°E / 49.333; 20.850
Country Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Region Prešov
District Stará Ľubovňa
Area
 • Total8.52 [1]  km2 (3.29 [1]  sq mi)
Elevation
449 [2]  m (1,473 [2]  ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total90 [3]
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
065 46 [2]
Area code +421 52 [2]
Car plate SL
Website legnava.sk

Legnava (Hungarian : Hosszúvágás, German : Langenau, Rusyn : Леґнава) is a village and municipality in the Stará Ľubovňa District, Prešov Region in northern Slovakia. It has 146 inhabitants.

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History

Early history

The village was founded after 1366, when the then Hungarian king Louis I gave a nobleman Jakub a forested area near the villages of Starina, Orlov, near the Poprad river, to create a village.

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Chapel at Legnava


Legnava under Hungarian Rule

In the past, the village had tax ports that belonged to the Brežnovica family. In the documents from the 15th and 16th centuries, the tax ports are mentioned sporadically under the name, "Langno", the Hungarian variant of the name, other name included, Lagnó and Hosszúvágás. As well as German names such as Legenau and Langhaw. Documents from 1440 show that the village was named, "Valasi".

In 1600, the village consisted of 16 serf houses. At the end of the 16th century, Legnava was a medium-sized municipality with exclusively serf population mostly of Rusyn origin. In the 17th century, most land around the village belonged to the Semsey family. The land was later given to the Szirmay family in the 18th century. A chapel built by Tomáš Szirmay (1760) is located 1 km from the village.

By the end of the 19th century, the village had 503 inhabitants, the highest number recorded in the village's history. At that time, the inhabitants made their living mainly by hard labour, such as farming and construction. [4]

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Legnava was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 24 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Legnava and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Present

Legnava - border bridge (walk/cyclo) to village Milik in Poland Legnava borderbridge.jpg
Legnava - border bridge (walk/cyclo) to village Milik in Poland

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ↑ "Legnava". Legnava.eu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
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