Lechnica
Sign in to saveLechnica (, , ) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Lechnica
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Lechnica P29.jpg
- Slovak place.image_caption
- Aerial view on Lehnica
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Lechnica-kezmarok-flag.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Kežmarok District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
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- Location of Lechnica in the Prešov Region##Location of Lechnica in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1319
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 485
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 590 6
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 52
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- KK
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Lechnica (, , ) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1319. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lechnica was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lechnica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
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