Szepes

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Szepes is a historic region in present-day northeastern Slovakia, known for its medieval towns, castles, and mixed Slovak, German, and Hungarian cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Szepes canonical 4
Szepes (Hungarian) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
borders Poland ⓘ
containsCastle Kežmarok Castle ⓘ
Spiš Castle ⓘ
Stará Ľubovňa Castle ⓘ
linked to: Ľubovňa Castle
containsTown Kežmarok ⓘ
Levoča ⓘ
Poprad ⓘ
Spišská Nová Ves ⓘ
developedFrom medieval colonization by German settlers ⓘ
hadAdministrativeUnit Szepes County ⓘ
hasArchitecturalHeritage Gothic churches ⓘ
Renaissance townhouses ⓘ
medieval fortifications ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage German ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity crafts ⓘ
medieval trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Spiš ⓘ
hasHistoricalPopulation Germans ⓘ
Hungarians ⓘ
Rusyns ⓘ
Slovaks ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature Spiš Basin ⓘ
foothills of the High Tatras ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Spiš (Slovak) ⓘ
linked to: Spiš

Szepes (Hungarian) ⓘ
linked to: Szepes

Zips (German) ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Spiš Castle and its associated cultural monuments ⓘ
linked to: Spiš Castle
historicallyPartOf Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Upper Hungary ⓘ
knownFor castles ⓘ
medieval towns ⓘ
mixed ethnic composition ⓘ
locatedIn Slovakia ⓘ
present-day northeastern Slovakia ⓘ
nowMostlyIn Slovakia ⓘ
partOf Carpathian region ⓘ
religiousHeritage Greek Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Greek Catholics

Lutheran ⓘ
Roman Catholic ⓘ
wasCountyOf Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Borsod → borderedBy → Szepes ⓘ
Zips → hasNameInHungarian → Szepes ⓘ
Szepes → hasNameInLanguage → Szepes (Hungarian) ⓘ
linked to: Szepes
Liptó → borderedBy → Szepes ⓘ