Spišské Podhradie
Municipality
View of Spišské Podhradie from the Spiš Castle
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°00′N 20°45′E / 49.00°N 20.75°E / 49.00; 20.75
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Levoča District
First mentioned	1249
Government
• Mayor	MVDr. Michal Kapusta
Area [1]
• Total	24.94 km2 (9.63 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	448 m (1,470 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	3,730
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	530 4[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	LE
Website	www.spisskepodhradie.sk

Spišské Podhradie (German: Kirchdrauf, Hungarian: Szepesváralja) is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,775.

Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of Spišská Kapitula (hence an old German name Kirchdorf, meaning "church town"). The town contains a number of Renaissance merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining synagogue buildings (now disused) in the region. The Sivá Brada cold water spring is located nearby.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 448 metres (1,470 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 24.94 km² (9.63 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 3730 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 3791 people by ethnicity 3425 as Slovak, 363 as Romani, 232 as Not found out, 51 as Rusyn, 12 as Czech, 5 as Chinese, 5 as Hungarian, 4 as Polish, 4 as German, 2 as Russian, 2 as Other, 1 as Irish, 1 as Canadian and 1 as Albanian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 3791 people by religion 2823 from Roman Catholic Church, 390 from None, 329 from Not found out, 122 from Greek Catholic Church, 41 from Evangelical Church, 39 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 10 from Other, 10 from Ad hoc movements, 5 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Calvinist Church, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from Islam, 3 from Apostolic Church, 2 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 2 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Buddhism.

Spišské Podhradie is twinned with:

• Głogów Małopolski, Poland
• Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United States
• Show Low, Arizona, United States
• Vrbové, Slovakia

Dreveník is a mesa-shaped travertine mound in the Hornád Basin and a national nature reserve.^[10] It is located on the border of the districts of Spišská Nová Ves and Levoča. This area, with an area of ​​1,018,186 m², has been protected since 1925. Together with the nearby Spiš Castle, it has been included in the World Heritage Site of UNESCO since 1993.^[11][12][13] It is also the largest travertine massif in Slovakia.^[14]

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  Road in Spišská Kapitula with Spiš Castle above
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  Synagogue at Spišské Podhradie
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  Town center and Spiš Castle above
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  View of Spišské Podhradie and Spiš Castle in the background
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  A street in Spišské Podhradie

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