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