Huncovce (Hungarian: Hunfalva, til 1902: Hunfalu, German: Hunsdorf, Hunszdorf, Hundsdorf in der Zips, Hunzdorf, Hunesdorf,[1] Yiddish: אונסדאָרףֿ Unsdorf, Hebrew: אונסדורף, Latin: Villa Canis, Hunisvilla) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
[edit] History
[edit] Etymology
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1257.
[edit] Main history
[edit] Jewish history
[edit] Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 639 metres and covers an area of 13.262 km². It has a population of about 2400 people.
[edit] People
- David Friesenhausen (1750, Friesenhausen - 1828, Gyulafehérvár/Alba Iulia), a Jewish Bavarian-Hungarian Talmudist, scientist, mathematician, Hebrew-language writer; lived here[2]
- Solomon Winter (Hungarian: Winter Salamon; 1778, ?, in the Szepes - ), Jewish Hungarian philanthropist; lived and died here
- Izsák Frankl (Hungarian: Frankl Izsák; ? - 1834, Nagykároly), rabbi[3]
- Mór Billnitzer (Hungarian: Billnitzer Mór; 19th century), a Jewish doctor[4]
- Izsák Billitzer (Hungarian: Billitzer Izsák; 1801 - Nagyida (Slovak: Veľká Ida), 1887), rabbi[5]
- Adolf Altmann (1879, born here - 1944, KZ Auschwitz), a Hungarian-German rabbi[6]
- Ernst Bethlenfalvy Hungarian: Bethlenfalvy Ernő; 1879, Kežmarok - 1955, here), natural scientist, zoologist, lived here[7]
- József Czitron (Hungarian: Czitron József; 1895, Hajdúdorog - 1957), rabbi[8]
- Meir Ascher Roth (Yiddish: מאיר אשר ראטה), rabbi
- Shmuel Rosenberg (Hebrew: שמואל רוזנברג), rabbi
- Jewish and other families like Unsdorf, Insdorf, Unsdorfer, Insdorfer, and Hunsdorfer
- Hunsdorfer/Hunfalvy family, originally Zipser German[9]
- Pál Hunfalvy, born Paul Hunsdorfer; 1810, Nagyszalók (German: Großschlagendorf, Slovak: Veľký Slavkov) - 1891, Budapest), a Hungarian Zipser German linguist, ethnographer, historian[10]
- János Hunfalvy, born János Hunsdorfer; 1820, Nagyszalók - 1888, Budapest), a Hungarian Zipser German geographer[11]
[edit] See also
- Unsdorf, a Haredi Jewish neighborhood of Jewish Hungarian descent in Jerusalem
- Similar place names and family names
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Coordinates: 49°07′N 20°23′E / 49.117°N 20.383°E / 49.117; 20.383
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