Havka | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kežmarok |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Prešov Region, Slovakia##Location in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49.3444°N 20.4053°W |
Area Total Km2: | 6.01[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.32 |
Elevation M: | 627[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 2,057 |
Population Total: | 44[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 7.4[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 2.9 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 061 01 |
Area Code: | +421 52 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KK |
Website: | http://havka.e-obce.sk |
Havka (hu|Hóka, de|Haffke, rue|Гавка) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.[5]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1337. The village's history is tied in with that of the nearby Červený Kláštor Carthusian Monastery. More recently, in the nineteenth century, a number of ethnic Germans settled here. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Havka was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Havka in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 633 metres and covers an area of 6.013 km2.It has a population of about 42 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"