Spišské Podhradie

Spišské Podhradie
Spišské Podhradie
Town
	View on Spišské Podhradie from Spiš Castle
	Coat of arms
	Spišské Podhradie Location of Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 49°00′00″N 20°45′06″E / 49.00000°N 20.75167°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Levoča
First mentioned	1249
Government
• Mayor	MVDr. Michal Kapusta
Area
• Total	24.94 km2 (9.63 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)
• Total	4,013
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code	05304
Area code	+421-53
Car plate	LE
Website	www.spisskepodhradie.sk

Spišské Podhradie (German: Kirchdrauf; Hungarian: Szepesváralja) is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is around 4,000.

Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174. Just above, and adjacent to, the town is the ecclesiastical settlement of Spišská Kapitula (hence an old German name Kirchdorf, meaning "church town"). The town contains a number of Renaissance merchants' houses. It also has one of the few remaining synagogue buildings (now disused) in the region.