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Ostrovany
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Also known as Ostrovany (Slovensko)

Ostrovany is a village and municipality in Sabinov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

Key facts

Slovak place.name
Ostrovany
Slovak place.settlement_type
Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline
Ostrovany Slovakia 2.JPG
Slovak place.image_flag
Ostrovany-sabinov-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1
Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2
District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2
Sabinov District
Slovak place.pushpin_map
Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief
1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Ostrovany in the Prešov Region##Location of Ostrovany in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title
First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date
1248
Slovak place.elevation_m
306
Slovak place.postal_code_type
Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code
822 2
Slovak place.area_code
+421 51
Slovak place.registration_plate
SB

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
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  • History
  • Population
  • Ethnicity
  • Religion
  • Geography
  • References

Ostrovany is a village and municipality in Sabinov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

==History== thumb|Neck ring from the 3rd century Treasure of Osztrópataka In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1248. In 1790 and 1865, two rich finds from the burial of a Vandalic king were discovered in Ostrovany. The contents of the grave are located at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary respectively. The Treasure of Osztrópataka is considered to be one of the most important early-historical findings from Slovakia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ostrovany” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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