Eperjes

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Eperjes is a historic town in present-day Slovakia, known today as Prešov, which was one of the major urban centers of the former Upper Hungary region.

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Label Occurrences
Eperjes canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name
historic town
settlement
associatedWithEvent Counter-Reformation trials
Kuruc uprisings
country Kingdom of Hungary
hasAlternativeName Eperies
Preschau
hasCityRightsSince 13th century
hasCulturalHeritage Baroque architecture
Gothic churches
Renaissance architecture
hasHeritage multi-ethnic urban center
historicallyInhabitedBy Germans
Hungarians
Jews
Slovaks
historicalNameOf Prešov
historicalRegion Upper Hungary
historicalStatus county seat of Šariš County
free royal town
knownFor Eperjes blood court
Reformation-era religious history
historic town center
role in trade in Upper Hungary
locatedIn Upper Hungary
eastern Slovakia
linked to: Eastern Slovakia

present-day Slovakia
Šariš region
linked to: Šariš
locatedOn Torysa River
modernName Prešov
nowPartOf Prešov Region
Slovakia
partOf Austro-Hungarian Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
partOfHistoricalAdministrativeUnit Kingdom of Hungary counties system
Šariš County
regionCapitalOf Šariš (historical region)
linked to: Šariš
replacedByOfficialName Prešov
timePeriodOfNameUse Austro-Hungarian period
Middle Ages
early modern period
todayIdentifiedAs city of Prešov in Slovakia
usedByLanguage German
Hungarian
Latin
wasMajorUrbanCenterOf Upper Hungary

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Hungary notableCity Eperjes
Pál Maléter placeOfBirth Eperjes
subject linked to: Maléter