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Késmárk
Kežmarok
Késmárk
Hungarian:
Késmárk
Slovak:
Kežmarok
German:
Käsmark, Käsemarkt
Latin:
Kesmarkium, Cismarcium, Forum Caseorum
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
Country:
Slovakia
District:
Prešovský kraj
River:
Poprád
Altitude:
627 m
GPS coordinates:
49.136489, 20.431061
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Population
Population:
16k
Hungarian:
0%
Population in 1910
| Total | 6317 |
|---|---|
| Hungarian | 20.8% |
| German | 51.32% |
| Slovak | 25.42% |
The town on the Poprád River was founded by Saxon settlers invited by King Béla IV of Hungary to Szepes after the Mongol Invasion. Its name comes from the German Käsemarkt meaning cheese market, which the town became entitled to hold in 1269. As one of the most important merchant towns of Szepes, in the 16th century it had a fierce rivalry with Lőcse for the staple right, the right to stop goods. The rivalry ended with the victory of Lőcse in 1544, when King Ferdinand I of Hungary sentenced Késmárk to "eternal silence". Its castle was acquired by the Thököly family in 1583, who made it their seat of power. The castle was confiscated from Thököly István in 1671 for participating in the Wesselényi-conspiracy against the Habsburg emperor Leopold I. The treasures were transported from the castle to Vienna on 16 carriages. Thököly Imre, leader of the anti-Habsburg insurgents and later Prince of Upper Hungary, who was also born here, took it back from the Emperor a couple of times. His earthly remains brought home in 1906 from Nicomedia (now Izmit, Turkey) were laid to rest in the mausoleum of the new Lutheran church of the town. The Saxons of Szepes proved their loyalty in 1918 during the Czechoslovak invasion, when they declared their will to remain part of Hungary. Unfortunately the great powers weren't interested in the opinion of the local population when drawing the borders. The newly created Czechoslovakia had no need of the native nationalities and after World War II they took advantage of the favorable opportunity and displaced the Saxons immediately.
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895
Arrival of the Hungarians
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895
The alliance of the seven Hungarian tribes took possession of the then largely uninhabited Carpathian Basin. Until then, the sparse Slavic population of the north-western Carpathians had lived under Moravian rule for a few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate in the early 9th century.
1000
Foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom
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1000
The Kingdom of Hungary was established with the coronation of King Stephen I. He converted the Hungarians to Christianity and created two archdioceses (Esztergom and Kalocsa) and ten dioceses. He divided Hungary into counties led by ispáns, who were appointed by the king.
1241-1242
Mongol Invasion
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1241-1242
The hordes of the Mongol Empire invaded Hungary and almost completely destroyed it. One third to one half of the population was destroyed. The Mongols also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Muhi and they could not hunt down the king. After their withdrawal, King Béla IV reorganized Hungary. He allowed the feudal lords to build stone castles because they were able to successfully resist the nomadic Mongols. The vast majority of stone castles were built after this. The king called in German, Vlach (Romanian) and Slavic settlers to replace the destroyed population.
1251
The settlement was first mentioned when King Béla IV of Hungary settled down Saxons.
1269
The settlement gained town privileges and right to hold cheese markets.
1301
The extinction of the House of Árpád
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1301
The House of Árpád, the first Hungarian royal dynasty, died out with the death of King Andrew III. Hungary was ruled by oligarchs, the most powerful of whom was Csák Máté, whose main ally was the Aba family. King Charles I (1308-1342), supported by the Pope, eventually emerged as the most prominent of the contenders for the Hungarian throne. But it took decades to break the power of the oligarchs.
1312
The Saxons of Szepes region supported King Charles I of Hungary against the oligarchs. In the battle of Rozgony the king defeated the united army of the Aba family and Csák Máté.
1433
Czech Hussite plunderers together with their Polish allies attacked the towns of Szepes County. They looted and burned down Késmárk, and occupied many towns.
1434
The army of Lévai Cseh Péter and Stibor took back the towns from the Hussites.
1440
The town became the property of the Szapolyai family.
1440
After the death of King Albert of the House of Habsburg, the Estates of Hungary elected the Polish Ulászló to the throne. Elisabeth, the widow queen, in order to secure the throne for László, her baby boy, called in the Czech Hussite mercenary leader Jan Jiskra. She gave him the title "Captain of the Mining Towns and Kassa", and gave him the castle of Zólyom.
1440-1441
The Czech Hussites soon occupied much of northern Hungary, including Késmárk. They reinforced the castles and turned them into bandit lairs. They were pillaging everywhere and large areas became uninhabited. They wiped out the local German and Hungarian population, who were replaced by Czech and other Slavic settlers. The Czech Hussite devastation largely contributed to the Slavicisation of northern Hungary (now Slovakia).
1462
The army of King Matthias of Hungary, under the command of Szapolyai Imre and István drove the Hussites out of Késmárk. Soon their leader, Jiskra also surrendered and handed over his castles to the king.
1526
Battle of Mohács and the splitting of Hungary into two parts
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1526
Sultan Suleiman I launched a war against Vienna, instigated by the French. Ferdinand I, Duke of Austria, was the brother-in-law of King Louis II of Hungary. The army of the Ottoman Empire defeated the much smaller Hungarian army at Mohács, and King Louis II died in the battle. A group of the barons elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the throne, who promised to defend Hungary from the Turks. He was the younger brother of the most powerful European monarch Emperor Charles V. But the nobility chose the most powerful Hungarian baron, Szapolyai János, who was also crowned as King John I. The country was split in two and a decades-long struggle for power began.
1541
The Turkish occupation of the capital, Buda, and the division of Hungary into three parts
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1541
The Turks conquered Buda, the capital of Hungary, after the death of King John I. The central part of the country was under Turkish rule for 150 years. The western and northern parts (including present-day Slovakia) formed the Kingdom of Hungary ruled by the Habsburg emperors. The eastern parts (now mainly under Romanian rule) were ruled by the successors of King John I of Hungary. In 1571, John II (John Sigismund), the son of King John I of Hungary, renounced the title of King of Hungary in favor of King Maximilian of the House of Habsburg, and henceforth held the title of Prince. This formally created the Principality of Transylvania, which was the eastern half of Hungary not ruled by the Habsburgs and was also a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. John II died in 1571, after which the three nations of Transylvania (the Hungarian nobility, the Székelys and the Saxons) elected the prince.
16th century
The town was a great rival to the town of Lőcse. There was even an armed conflict between them.
1583
The town became the property of the Thököly family.
1604-1606
Uprising of Bocskai István
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1604-1606
The alliance of the Habsburgs and the Principality of Transylvania was defeated by the Ottoman Empire in the Fifteen Years' War. The war devastated Transylvania, which was occupied by the Habsburg imperial army, and General Basta introduced a reign of terror. The nobility and the burghers were upset about the terror, the plundering mercenaries and the violent Counter-Reformation. Bocskai István decided to lead their uprising after the Habsburg emperor tried to confiscate his estates. Bocskai also rallied the hajdú warriors to his side. He was elected Prince of Transylvania and soon liberated the Kingdom of Hungary from the Habsburgs. In 1605 Bocskai István was crowned King of Hungary with the crown he received from the Turks.
November 9, 1604
The town swore loyalty to Bocskai István.
23 June 1606
Peace of Vienna
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23 June 1606
Bocski István made peace with Emperor Rudolf. Their agreement secured the constitutional rights of the Estates of Hungary, and the freedom of religion. The counties of Szatmár, Bereg and Ugocsa were annexed to the Principality of Transylvania. Bocskai died of illness in the same year, leaving to his successors the idea of unifying Hungary from Transylvania.
1644-1645
The campaign of Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania in the Thirty Years' War
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1644-1645
Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania allied with the Swedes and the French in the Thirty Years' War and went to war against the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand III. On 18 July 1645 his army joined forces with Torstenson's Swedish army under Brno (Moravia). The excellent artillery of Transylvania opened fire on the city walls. However, Rákóczi had to give up the siege, having been informed that the Turks were planning a punitive campaign against Transylvania, because he went to war against the Sultan's prohibition.
March 1644
Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania occupied the town.
16 December 1645
Peace of Linz
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16 December 1645
Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania made peace with Emperor Ferdinand III. It secured the freedom of religion for the Protestants and extended it also to the serfs. Rákóczi received the same seven Hungarian counties that Prince Bethlen Gábor had also held (Abauj, Zemplén, Borsod, Bereg, Ugocsa, Szabolcs, Szatmár) until his death, and the counties of Szabolcs and Szatmár were also to be inherited by his sons. The Rákóczi family also received several new estates.
1656
Késmárk became a free royal town.
1657
Thököly Imre was born here. He was also buried here in the mausoleum of the Lutheran church.
after 1671
Kuruc Movement
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after 1671
Many noble, burgher and preacher fled to the Principality of Transylvania and the territory under Turkish occupation from the reprisals after the exposure of the anti-Habsburg Wesselényi-conspiracy and from the violent Counter-Reformation. They were joined by dismissed Hungarian soldiers of the Turkish border forts, who were replaced by German mercenaries. They were called the fugitives (bujdosók). They started an armed movement against the Habsburg rule. Because of the Turkish ban, the Principality of Transylvania could not openly support them. From 1677, the French supported their cause with money and Polish mercenaries. They achieved their first serious success when they temporarily occupied the mining towns of northern Hungary (now central Slovakia) under the command of Thököly lmre. He then became the sole leader of the movement. In 1679, the French made peace with Emperor Leopold I and withdrew their support for the fugitives. Between 1678 and 1681 Thököly Imre led successful raids against the Habsburgs and their supporters in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. The insurgents were called kurucs.
October 1672
After Eperjes surrendered to the fugitives, they occupied Késmárk as well.
October 26, 1672
The fugitives suffered a decisive defeat from the Imperials at Györke, because the hajdú soldiers accepted the Imperial mercy.
August 1677
The kuruc army crossed the Tisza river. They defeated an Imperial army between Tokaj and Ónod and occupied Késmárk for a short time.
late April, 1679
Father Józsa István, who frequently switched sides, ransomed Késmárk with his kuruc soldiers. Soon he sided with the Imperials, and on the 21th of October the kurucs surrounded him at Tálya. He was caught and beheaded for his betrayal.
August 15, 1680
Thököly Imre kuruc leader occupied Késmárk temporarily.
1682
Thököly Imre, Prince of Upper Hungary
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1682
Thököly Imre, the leader of the kuruc insurgents, gained the support of the Turks. He launched a campaign against the Habsburgs in the Kingdom of Hungary. With the support of the Turkish army, he occupied the town of Kassa and also the important stronghold of Fülek. He was then recognized by the Turks as King of Hungary, but he chose the title of Prince of Upper Hungary.
summer 1682
Thököly Imre kuruc leader occupied the town.
1683
Turkish defeat at Vienna and the formation of the Holy League
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1683
The combined armies of the Habsburg Empire and the Kingdom of Poland defeated the Turkish army besieging Vienna. Emperor Leopold I wanted to make peace with the Turks, but was refused by Sultan Mehmed IV. In 1684, at the persistent urging of Pope Innocent XI, the Holy League, an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland, the Habsburg Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Papal States, was formed to expel the Turks from Hungary. Thököly Imre, who had allied himself with the Turks, was gradually driven out of northern Hungary.
November 24, 1683
The Imperials occupied Késmárk from Thököly.
March 1684
Thököly Imre took back the town. His kuruc fighters occupied Kisszeben by siege, meanwhile, the kuruc garrison of Késmárk fled before the Imperial army of Caraffa.
May 1684
The kuruc army occupied Késmárk. After this, the kuruc soldiers flooded Szepes, Liptó, Árva, Trencsén and Turóc counties for a short time.
August 1684
The Imperial army of Schulz crossed the territory of Szepes and took back Késmárk.
1685
The Turkish captivity of Thököly Imre and the fall of the kuruc movement
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1685
The Pasha of Várad captured Thököly Imre as he was asking for Turkish help and offered him to Emperor Leopold I for peace. But the Imperial emissaries laughed at his face, because, having the upper hand, they no longer cared for Thököly. On the news of his capture, the town of Kassa and the kuruc strongholds surrendered to the Emperor one after the other. The Turks, seeing their fatal mistake, released Thököly the following year and tried to restore his authority, but his power was broken forever and the Hungarian insurgents no longer trusted the Turks. Most of the insurgents joined the imperial army and helped to liberate the rest of Hungary from the Turks.
1686
Recapture of Buda and the liberation of Hungary from the Turks
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1686
The army of the Holy League recaptured Buda from the Turks by siege. In 1687, the Imperial army invaded the Principality of Transylvania. The liberation was hindered by the French breaking their promise of peace in 1688 and attacking the Habsburg Empire. By 1699, when the Peace of Karlóca was signed, all of Hungary and Croatia had been liberated from the Ottoman Empire with the exception of Temesköz, the area bounded by the Maros, the Tisza and the Danube rivers. It was not until the Peace of Požarevac in 1718 that Temesköz was liberated from the Turks. However, the continuous war against the Turkish invaders and the Habsburg autocracy, which lasted for more than 150 years, wiped out large areas of the Hungarian population, which had previously made up 80% of the country's population, and was replaced by Vlachs (Romanians), Serbs and other Slavic settlers and Germans. The Habsburgs also favoured the settlement of these foreign peoples over the 'rebellious' Hungarians.
1703-1711
Hungarian War of Independence led by Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
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1703-1711
After the expulsion of the Turks, the Habsburgs treated Hungary as a newly conquered province and did not respect its constitution. The serfs rose up against the Habsburg ruler because of the sufferings caused by the war and the heavy burdens, and they invited Rákóczi Ferenc II to lead them. Trusting in the help promised by King Louis XIV of France, he accepted. Rákóczi rallied the nobility to his side, and soon most of the country was under his control. The rebels were called the kurucs. In 1704, the French and the Bavarians were defeated at the Battle of Blenheim, depriving the Hungarians of their international allies. The Rusyn, Slovak and Vlach peasants and the Saxons of Szepes supported the fight for freedom, while the Serbs in the south and the Saxons in Transylvania served the Habsburgs. Due to lack of funds Rákóczi could not raise a strong regular army, and in 1710, Hungary was also hit by a severe plague. Rákóczi tried unsuccessfully to forge an alliance with Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. In his absence, without his knowledge, his commander-in-chief, Károlyi Sándor, accepted Emperor Joseph I's peace offer. The Peace of Szatmár formally restored the Hungarian constitution and religious freedom and granted amnesty, but did not ease the burden of serfdom. Rákóczi refused to accept the pardon and went into exile. He died in Rodosto, Turkey.
1741
A fire devastated the town
1787
A fire devastated the town.
1848-1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence
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1848-1849
Following the news of the Paris Revolution on 22 February 1848, the Hungarian liberal opposition led by Kossuth Lajos demanded the abolition of serfdom, the abolition of the tax exemption of the nobility, a parliament elected by the people, and an independent and accountable national government. The revolution that broke out in Pest on 15 March expressed its demands in 12 points, which, in addition to the above mentioned, included the freedom of the press, equality before the law, the release of the political prisoners and the union with Transylvania. A Hungarian government was formed, Batthyány Lajos became prime minister, and on 11 April Emperor Ferdinand V ratified the reform laws. On August 31 the Emperor demanded the repeal of the laws threatening with military intervention. In September the Emperor unleashed the army of Jelacic, Ban of Croatia, on Hungary, but they were defeated by the Hungarians in the Battle of Pákozd on 29 September. An open war began for the independence of Hungary. The Habsburgs incited the nationalities against the Hungarians. The Rusyns, the Slovenes and most of the Slovaks and Germans supported the cause persistently, but the Vlachs (Romanians) and the Serbians turned against the Hungarians. The glorious Spring Campaign in 1849 led by General Görgei Artúr liberated almost all of Hungary. On 1 May 1849, Emperor Franz Joseph, effectively admitting defeat, asked for the help of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, who sent an intervention army of 200,000 soldiers against Hungary. The resistance became hopeless against the overwhelming enemy forces and on 13 August Görgei Artúr surrendered to the Russians at Világos. Bloody reprisals followed, and on 6 October 1849, 12 generals and a colonel of the Hungarian Revolution, the martyrs of Arad, were executed in Arad. On the same day, Batthyány Lajos, the first Hungarian Prime Minister, was executed by firing squad in Pest. The Habsburgs introduced total authoritarianism in Hungary, but they also failed to fulfil their promises to the nationalities that had betrayed the Hungarians.
1848-49
The Saxons of Szepes region supported the Hungarian's war for independence against the Habsburg Empire.
1867
Austro-Hungarian Compromise
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1867
The Habsburg Empire was weakened by the defeats it suffered in the implementation of Italian and German unity. The Hungarians wanted to return to the reform laws of 1848, but they did not have the strength to do so. Emperor Franz Joseph and the Hungarian opposition, led by Deák Ferenc, finally agreed to restructure the Empire and abolish absolutism. Hungary was given autonomy in its internal affairs, with its own government and parliament, which was essential for the development of its economy and culture. However, foreign and military affairs remained in the hands of the Habsburgs and served their aspiration for becoming a great power. The majority wanted Hungary's independence, but they were excluded from political power.
1889
The town got railway connection from the direction of Poprád. The line terminated at Palocsa at the Polish-Hungarian border.
19th century
Weaving mill, textile factory and flax processor was established.
1914-1918
World War I
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1914-1918
As part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Hungary took part in the war on the side of the Central Powers.
November 1918 - January 1919
The Czech, Romanian and Serbian occupation of Hungary
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November 1918 - January 1919
In Hungary, the freemasonic subversion brought the pro-Entente Károlyi Mihály to power. The new government, naively trusting the Entente powers, met all their demands and disbanded the Hungarian military, which rendered the country completely defenseless in the most dire need. Under French and Italian command, Czech, Romanian and Serbian troops invaded large parts of Hungary, where they immediately began the takeover. They fired Hungarian railway workers, officials and teachers, banned the use of the Hungarian language, abolished Hungarian education, and disposed of everything that reminded them of the country's Hungarian past. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians were forced to leave their homeland, and the forcible assimilation of the remaining Hungarians was begun.
December 1918
The Saxons of Szepes region declared their will to remain part of Hungary. Szepes region was invaded by the Czechoslovak Legion soon after.
December 16, 1918
The Czechoslovaks invaded Késmárk.
4 June 1920
Trianon Dictate
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4 June 1920
Hungary was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon, although the country was not invited to the peace talks. Hungary lost two thirds of its territory that had belonged to it for more than 1000 years. One-third of the Hungarian population came under foreign rule. On the basis of the national principle, countries with a more mixed and less ethnically balanced composition than the former Hungary were created, such as Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). For example, while 48% of the population of the territory ceded to Czechoslovakia was Slovak and 30% Hungarian, 54% of the population of the former Hungary was Hungarian and 10.6% Slovak. And in the territory that is now part of Serbia, the Hungarians outnumbered the Serbs. The part of the territory allocated to Romania from Hungary was larger than the remaining territory of Hungary, despite the fact that there were 10 million Hungarians and less than 3 million Romanians in the former Hungary. While Hungary used to have the most liberal nationality policy in Europe, the successor states had no respect at all for the national and cultural rights of the indigenous Hungarians and engaged in forced assimilation. The Trianon Dictate destroyed the organic economic unity of the region. Before the First World War, Hungary had a dynamic economy, more advanced than Spain's. After 1920, the successor states formed the so-called "Little Entente", putting Hungary under an economic blockade and sabotaging it on the international stage.
14 March 1939
First independent Slovakia was established
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14 March 1939
The first independent Slovakia was established under German patronage. Josef Tiso became president of the country. In 1938, Hungary regained 11,927 km2 of territory from Czechoslovakia under the First Vienna Award. Its population was 869 thousand people, 86.5% of whom were Hungarian. From the remaining territory that Hungary did not get back, Slovakia was formed.
Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
Soviet occupation
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Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary and Slovakia, which resulted in the recreation of Czechoslovakia.
5 April 1945
Beneš decrees and the persecution of Hungarians
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5 April 1945
In Hungarian-majority Kassa, the president of occupying Czechoslovakia, Edvard Beneš, promulgated his government program, the so-called Beneš decrees. As part of this, the Hungarian population was deprived of their rights. Their complete expulsion was planned, with the support of the Soviet Union, and only the veto of the USA prevented it. Under the 'Reslavakization' programme, only those Hungarians who recognised themselves as Slovaks were allowed to regain their rights, thus renouncing all linguistic and cultural rights. In the violent expulsions that followed, nearly 200,000 Hungarians were deprived of their property and expelled from their homeland on the basis of their nationality.
1945
One of many internment camps where the Czechoslovaks gathered the native Hungarians and Germans they wanted to expel because of their nationality operated in Losonc.
1 January 1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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1 January 1993
Czechoslovakia disintegrated due to ethnic differences between Czechs and Slovaks, shortly after the withdrawal of Soviet tanks. Slovakia was formed entirely from territory carved out of historic Hungary, and Slovak national identity is still largely based on falsified history and artificial hatred of Hungarians. Despite deportations, expulsions, forced assimilation and strong economic pressure, there are still nearly half a million Hungarians living in the country.
Source: Wikipedia, varak.hu , arcanum.hu - Bánlaky József: A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme
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Churches, religious buildings
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Parish Church
Bazilika svätého Kríža
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church
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church
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Roman Catholic
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Holy Cross Roman Catholic Parish Church
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The church was built between 1444 and 1486 in Gothic style.
Lutheran Wooden Church
Drevený artikulárny kostol Kežmarok
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church
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church
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Lutheran
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Lutheran Wooden Church
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The church was built between 1687 and 1717 without any iron nails. According to the tradition Swedish shipwrights carved the wood with their axes.
According to the 26th law article of the year 1681 accepted by the country assembly in Sopron, the Protestants were allowed to build wooden churches, one in each free royal town and two in each county. The churches could be built only outside of the town walls. The churches built according to this legal article were called "articular churches" afterwards. The fact that Protestants could build churches at all against the will of Emperor Leopold I could be thanked to the pressure of the kuruc uprising of Thököly Imre, mainly consisting of Protestant Hungarians and Germans. The strict rules were abolished only in 1791.
New Lutheran Church and the Tomb of Thököly Imre
Nový evanjelický kostol v Kežmarku
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church
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church
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Lutheran
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New Lutheran Church and the Tomb of Thököly Imre
History
It was built between 1872 and 1896 in neo-Byzantine style according to the plans of the Danish architect Teofil von Hansen from Vienna. The earthly remains of Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705) of Upper Hungary, brought home in 1906 from Nicodemia (now Izmit, Turkey), rest in the mausoleum built in 1909.
Pauline Church
Paulínsky kostol
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church
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church
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Roman Catholic
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Pauline Church
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The church was built after 1650 and was mentioned for the first time in 1654. The reason for its construction was that the parish church was in the hands of the Protestants at that time. It burned down in 1741 and the reconstruction started in 1747 by the Pauline monks.
Public buildings
Town Hall
Mestský úrad Kežmarok
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town hall
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town hall
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Town Hall
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It was built in 1461 in Gothic style. It was destroyed in the fire in 1515 but it was rebuilt between 1541 and 1553 in Renaissance style. A tower was added in 1642. In 1779 it burned down but was reconstructed in Classicist style. A new floor was also added and the roof was covered with copper. In 1922 the second floor was added to the building.
Cultural facilities
former Parish Elementary School
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school
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seat of an institution
Church:
Roman Catholic
Note:
Charitas home care agency.
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former Parish Elementary School
History
The school building was constructed in Baroque style in the 18th century behind the walls surrounding the parish church of the Holy Cross. One of its students was Petzval József (1807-1891). Petzval is considered to be one of the main founders of geometrical optics, modern photography and cinematography. Among his inventions are the Petzval portrait lens and opera glasses, both still in common use today. He is also credited with the discovery of the Laplace transform and is also known for his extensive work on aberration in optical systems.
Lutheran Lyceum and Library
Evanjelické lýceum a lyceálna knižnica
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school
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school
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Lutheran
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Secondary school.
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Lutheran Lyceum and Library
History
There had been a school in the town of Késmárk already in 1383. The building was built between 1774 and 1776. It has a rich library of 150 thousand pieces. The first floor was added in 1820, the second in 1865. There was a lyceum in the building between 1787 and 1852 with faculties of theology, law and philosophy besides the 8-class grammar school. The German grammar school existed until 1944, afterwards the Czechoslovaks violently expelled the German inhabitants, the ancestors of whom founded the town.
former Concert Hall (Vigadó)
Reduta
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dancing / concert hall
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n/a
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former Concert Hall (Vigadó)
History
In the Middle Ages a guard tower stood in its place, which the Thököly family turned into a mansion in the 17th century. It functioned as a printing press from 1705 to 1707. In 1818 it was reconstructed in Classicist style and became a dancing and concert hall ("vigadó" in Hungarian).
Town infrastructure
Renaissance Bell Tower
Kežmarská renesančná zvonica
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bell tower
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bell tower
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Renaissance Bell Tower
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The tower was built in 1591 in Renaissance style.
Old Market Square
History
Most of the one or two-story buildings surrounding the square are typical Saxon houses of the Szepes region from the 13th century.
Railway Station
History
The first train arrived in Késmárk from the direction of Poprád on December 18, 1889. The railway line terminated at Palocsa at the Hungarian border, from where it was possible to continue towards Poland. The building of the railway station was built in 1914 in Art-Nouveau style.
Private buildings
Haltz House, Home Design Museum
Múzeum v Kežmarku - Múzeum bytovej kultúry
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house
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museum
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Haltz House, Home Design Museum
History
The museum is located in a Gothic-Renaissance burgher's house. The house was owned by the goldsmith Haltz Dániel in the 17th century. In the 19th century the building was owned by Palcsó István (1826-1895), who was the teacher of the Lutheran lyceum and also a historian and writer. The exhibition was opened in 1994 and it presents the changes in furniture design in the period between the 17th and the 20th centuries.
Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Késmárk
Múzeum v Kežmarku - Výstavná sieň
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house
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exhibition hall
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Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Késmárk
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Badányi-Szirmay House
History
A late Gothic-Renaissance house from the 17th century. The house was owned by habans before 1669. The habans were Anabaptists driven out of Switzerland, who settled down in Hungary. They lived in working communities and were mainly engaged in pottery. In 1669 the lord of the town, Thököly István II, gave the house to Badányi Ádám. His descendants owned the house until 1973, when Baroness Szirmay Hedvig Mária died. Her rich heritage was taken over by the town museum. The family reconstructed the house in late Baroque-Rococo style in the second half of the 18th century.
Museums and Galleries
Haltz House, Home Design Museum
Múzeum v Kežmarku - Múzeum bytovej kultúry
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Haltz House, Home Design Museum
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The museum is located in a Gothic-Renaissance burgher's house. The house was owned by the goldsmith Haltz Dániel in the 17th century. In the 19th century the building was owned by Palcsó István (1826-1895), who was the teacher of the Lutheran lyceum and also a historian and writer. The exhibition was opened in 1994 and it presents the changes in furniture design in the period between the 17th and the 20th centuries.
Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Késmárk
Múzeum v Kežmarku - Výstavná sieň
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It burned down in 1741 and the reconstruction started in 1747 by the Pauline monks."},{"sightId":152,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"Evanjelick\u00e9 l\u00fdceum a lyce\u00e1lna kni\u017enica","address":"Hviezdoslavova 327\/18, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|506|752","gps_lat":"49.1332360000","gps_long":"20.4279550000","religion":3,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"74","homepage":"https:\/\/www.ecavkk.sk\/lycealnakniznica","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"http:\/\/muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Evangelikus-liceum-Kesmark-1637","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Michal Klajban \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lyceum_in_Kezmarok,_Slovakia_11.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Lyceum in Kezmarok, Slovakia 11\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/22\/Lyceum_in_Kezmarok%2C_Slovakia_11.jpg\/512px-Lyceum_in_Kezmarok%2C_Slovakia_11.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lyceum_in_Kezmarok,_Slovakia_11.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EMichal Klajban\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Lutheran Lyceum and Library","seolink":"lutheran-lyceum-and-library","note":"Secondary school.","history":"There had been a school in the town of K\u00e9sm\u00e1rk already in 1383. 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The German grammar school existed until 1944, afterwards the Czechoslovaks violently expelled the German inhabitants, the ancestors of whom founded the town."},{"sightId":153,"townId":13,"active":2,"name_LO":"Dreven\u00fd artikul\u00e1rny kostol Ke\u017emarok","address":"Hviezdoslavova 328\/16, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|536|748","gps_lat":"49.1332610000","gps_long":"20.4283670000","religion":3,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"https:\/\/www.ecavkk.sk\/drevenykostol","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"http:\/\/muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Evangelikus-fatemplom-Kesmark-244","csemadoklink":"\n","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Zuzana.medveova \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok-Artikul%C3%A1rny_dreven%C3%BD_kostol_4.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Ke\u017emarok-Artikul\u00e1rny dreven\u00fd kostol 4\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dc\/Ke%C5%BEmarok-Artikul%C3%A1rny_dreven%C3%BD_kostol_4.JPG\/512px-Ke%C5%BEmarok-Artikul%C3%A1rny_dreven%C3%BD_kostol_4.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok-Artikul%C3%A1rny_dreven%C3%BD_kostol_4.JPG\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EZuzana.medveova\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Lutheran Wooden Church ","seolink":"lutheran-wooden-church","note":"","history":"The church was built between 1687 and 1717 without any iron nails. 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The strict rules were abolished only in 1791."},{"sightId":154,"townId":13,"active":2,"name_LO":"Nov\u00fd evanjelick\u00fd kostol v Ke\u017emarku","address":"Hviezdoslavova 199\/14, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|549|708","gps_lat":"49.1337530000","gps_long":"20.4286370000","religion":3,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"https:\/\/www.ecavkk.sk\/novykostol","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"http:\/\/muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Evangelikus-templom-Kesmark-245","csemadoklink":"http:\/\/emlekhelyek.csemadok.sk\/emlekhelyek\/thokoly-imre-fejedelem-sirja\/\n","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Kezmarcan \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_%C4%8Cerven%C3%BD_kostol.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Ke\u017emarok - \u010cerven\u00fd kostol\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/9b\/Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_%C4%8Cerven%C3%BD_kostol.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_%C4%8Cerven%C3%BD_kostol.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EKezmarcan\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"New Lutheran Church and the Tomb of Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre","seolink":"new-lutheran-church-and-the-tomb-of-thokoly-imre","note":"","history":"It was built between 1872 and 1896 in neo-Byzantine style according to the plans of the Danish architect Teofil von Hansen from Vienna. The earthly remains of Prince Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre (1657-1705) of Upper Hungary, brought home in 1906 from Nicodemia (now Izmit, Turkey), rest in the mausoleum built in 1909."},{"sightId":155,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"Reduta","address":"Hlavn\u00e9 n\u00e1mestie 118\/3, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|616|533","gps_lat":"49.1357290000","gps_long":"20.4296770000","religion":0,"oldtype":"92","newtype":"120","homepage":"https:\/\/www.kezmarok.sk\/reduta.html","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"http:\/\/muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Redout-Kesmark-1648","csemadoklink":"http:\/\/emlekhelyek.csemadok.sk\/emlekhelyek\/vigado-redout-kesmark\/\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Unknown author \/ Public domain\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Reduta.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Star\u00fd Ke\u017emarok - Reduta\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b4\/Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Reduta.jpg\/512px-Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Reduta.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Reduta.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EUnknown author\u003C\/a\u003E \/ Public domain","name":"former Concert Hall (Vigad\u00f3)","seolink":"former-concert-hall-vigado","note":"","history":"In the Middle Ages a guard tower stood in its place, which the Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly family turned into a mansion in the 17th century. 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The exhibition was opened in 1994 and it presents the changes in furniture design in the period between the 17th and the 20th centuries."},{"sightId":157,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"M\u00fazeum v Ke\u017emarku - V\u00fdstavn\u00e1 sie\u0148","address":"Dr. Alexandra 11, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|557|451","gps_lat":"49.1366100000","gps_long":"20.4286320000","religion":0,"oldtype":"53","newtype":"105","homepage":"https:\/\/kezmarok.com\/?Vystavna-sien","openinghours":"https:\/\/kezmarok.com\/?Informacie-pre-navstevnikov\/Otvaracie-hodiny","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Exhibition Hall of the Museum of K\u00e9sm\u00e1rk","seolink":"exhibition-hall-of-the-museum-of-kesmark","note":"","history":""},{"sightId":158,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Hlavn\u00e9 n\u00e1mestie 46","mapdata":"1|675|591","gps_lat":"49.1350760000","gps_long":"20.4307090000","religion":0,"oldtype":"53","newtype":"53","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Badanyi-Szirmay-haz-Kesmark-1658","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Bad\u00e1nyi-Szirmay House","seolink":"badanyi-szirmay-house","note":"","history":"A late Gothic-Renaissance house from the 17th century. The house was owned by habans before 1669. The habans were Anabaptists driven out of Switzerland, who settled down in Hungary. They lived in working communities and were mainly engaged in pottery. In 1669 the lord of the town, Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Istv\u00e1n II, gave the house to Bad\u00e1nyi \u00c1d\u00e1m. His descendants owned the house until 1973, when Baroness Szirmay Hedvig M\u00e1ria died. Her rich heritage was taken over by the town museum. The family reconstructed the house in late Baroque-Rococo style in the second half of the 18th century."},{"sightId":159,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Kostoln\u00e9 n\u00e1mestie 405, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|637|404","gps_lat":"49.1371840000","gps_long":"20.4300710000","religion":1,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"16","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Volt-plebaniai-elemi-nepiskola-Kesmark-1655","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Unknown author \/ Public domain\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Bazilika_Pov%C3%BD%C5%A1enia_sv%C3%A4t%C3%A9ho_Kr%C3%AD%C5%BEa.jpeg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Star\u00fd Ke\u017emarok - Bazilika Pov\u00fd\u0161enia sv\u00e4t\u00e9ho Kr\u00ed\u017ea\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/10\/Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Bazilika_Pov%C3%BD%C5%A1enia_sv%C3%A4t%C3%A9ho_Kr%C3%AD%C5%BEa.jpeg\/512px-Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Bazilika_Pov%C3%BD%C5%A1enia_sv%C3%A4t%C3%A9ho_Kr%C3%AD%C5%BEa.jpeg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Star%C3%BD_Ke%C5%BEmarok_-_Bazilika_Pov%C3%BD%C5%A1enia_sv%C3%A4t%C3%A9ho_Kr%C3%AD%C5%BEa.jpeg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EUnknown author\u003C\/a\u003E \/ Public domain","name":"former Parish Elementary School","seolink":"former-parish-elementary-school","note":"Charitas home care agency.","history":"The school building was constructed in Baroque style in the 18th century behind the walls surrounding the parish church of the Holy Cross. 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He is also credited with the discovery of the Laplace transform and is also known for his extensive work on aberration in optical systems."},{"sightId":160,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Star\u00fd trh, 060 01 Ke\u017emarok","mapdata":"1|747|154","gps_lat":"49.1400000000","gps_long":"20.4318310000","religion":0,"oldtype":"26","newtype":"26","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Regi-piacter-Kesmark-1656","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022SchiDD \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Kezmarok-AlterMarkt.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022SK-Kezmarok-AlterMarkt\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f9\/SK-Kezmarok-AlterMarkt.jpg\/512px-SK-Kezmarok-AlterMarkt.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Kezmarok-AlterMarkt.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003ESchiDD\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Old Market Square","seolink":"old-market-square","note":"","history":"Most of the one or two-story buildings surrounding the square are typical Saxon houses of the Szepes region from the 13th century."},{"sightId":161,"townId":13,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|278|203","gps_lat":"49.1393640000","gps_long":"20.4236820000","religion":0,"oldtype":"31","newtype":"31","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Vasutallomas-Kesmark-3567","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Pe-Jo \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok-railway_station.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Ke\u017emarok-railway station\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/Ke%C5%BEmarok-railway_station.jpg\/512px-Ke%C5%BEmarok-railway_station.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ke%C5%BEmarok-railway_station.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EPe-Jo\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Railway Station","seolink":"railway-station","note":"","history":"The first train arrived in K\u00e9sm\u00e1rk from the direction of Popr\u00e1d on December 18, 1889. 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