| Nižný Tvarožec | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bardejov |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Nižný Tvarožec in the Prešov Region##Location of Nižný Tvarožec in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.35°N 32°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1355 |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.157 |
| Elevation M: | 420 |
| Population Total: | 460 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 086 02 (pošta Gaboltov) |
| Area Code: | +421 (0)54 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | BJ |
Nižný Tvarožec is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1355.
The village is best known in the English-speaking world as the ancestral village of the American novelist Thomas Bell (1903 - 1961). His popular 1941 novel Out of This Furnace is the story of three generations of a family, starting with their migration in 1881 from Austria-Hungary to the United States, and finishing with World War II. The novel's title refers to the central role of the steel mill in the family's life and in the history of the Pittsburgh region.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 420 metres and covers an area of 11.157 km².It has a population of about 460 people.