• Source: Province of 24 Szepes Towns

The 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 24 Szepes Towns, also known as the Union of 24 Szepes Towns, and until c. 1344, as the Community of Szepesian Saxons, and the 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of Szepesian Saxons, was a seat, an autonomous administrative division, within Szepes County, Kingdom of Hungary. It existed from 1271 to 1412. On 8 November 1412, with the Spiš Pledge, in which Hungary had pledged part of Szepes County to the Kingdom of Poland, with the 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">province was divided into 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 11 Szepes Towns in Hungary, and 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 13 Spisz Towns in Poland.




History


The autonomous region of the 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of Szepesian Saxons has been established in 1277, with Stephen V, King of Hungary, giving the privileges to the German population of the settlers in the area of Hornád and Poprad. In 1317, the privileges were once again confirmed and extended by King Charles I, because the Szepesian Germans had helped him to defeat the oligarchs of the Kingdom of Hungary in the battle of Rozgony in 1312. The territory was granted self-government privileges similar to those of the royal free towns. In 1317, the special territory included 43 settlements, including Lőcse (present-day Levoča) and Késmárk (present-day Kežmarok), which however withdrew before 1344. Originally Lőcse was the seat of the government of the 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">province. From 1370 the 41 settlements of the territory subscribed to a uniform special Szepes law system. By 1344, the territory was reduced to 24 settlements and later its name was changed to 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 24 Szepes Towns. The 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">province was led by the Count (Graf) of Szepes elected by the town judges of the 24 towns. It existed until 1412, when, with the Spiš Pledge, in which Hungary had pledges part of Szepes County to the Kingdom of Poland, the 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">province was divided into 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 11 Szepes Towns in Hungary, and 24.3/info/province" target="_blank">Province of 13 Spisz Towns in Poland.




Towns


Spišská Nová Ves
Spišské Vlachy
Spišské Podhradie
Poprad
Veľká
Spišská Sobota
Stráže pod Tatrami
Matejovce
Spišská Belá
Vrbov
Ľubica
Ruskinovce
Tvarožná, Kežmarok District
Spišský Štvrtok
Iliašovce
Žakovce
Hrabušice
Kurimany
Mlynica
Veľký Slavkov
Odorín
Bystrany
Vlkovce
Kežmarok (before 1344)
Levoča (before 1344)




Citations






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= Bibliography

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Zuzanna Krempaská, Sixteen Scepus Towns from 1412 to 1876. Spišska Nova Vés, Spiš Museum. ISBN 9788085173062.
Encyklopédia Slovenska, VEDA, Bratislava, 1980

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• Province of 24 Szepes Towns
• Szepes County
• Province of 11 Szepes Towns
• Province of 13 Szepes Towns
• Dominion of Lubowla
• Levoča
• Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
• Podolínec
• Germans in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)
• List of enclaves and exclaves