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Podolin
Podolínec
Podolin
Hungarian:
Podolin
Slovak:
Podolínec
German:
Pudlein
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
Country:
Slovakia
District:
Prešovský kraj
River:
Poprád
Altitude:
565 m
GPS coordinates:
49.258141, 20.534933
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Population
Population:
3k
Hungarian:
0%
Population in 1910
| Total | 1503 |
|---|---|
| Slovak | 56% |
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The town was founded by German settlers on the site of the former Hungarian border post destroyed during the Mongol Invasion. Due to its advanced handicraft and trade, it quickly rose to the rank of a town. King Sigismund of Hungary, in order to finance his war for recapturing the Dalmatian towns from Venice, pawned 13 towns of Szepes to Poland, including Podolin, in 1412. Althought it was originally planned for only a short time, it finally lasted until 1772. The Palatine of Krakow invited Piarists to the town in 1642, and they opened the first Piarist grammar school of Hungary. The Hungarian writer Krúdy Gyula also attended the school and his novel entitled The Ghost of Podolin was inspired by the period spent here. In 1918 the Czechoslovak army invaded the town and they expropriated the Piarist grammar school, which ceased to function. The Piarists were displaced, and later the equipments of the school were allowed to be transported to present-day Hungary. Visitors can admire the typical 17th century burgher's houses and the beautiful renaissance bell tower next to the 13th century church on the main square, the memories of the Germans who once lived here and were displaced by Czechoslovaks.
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895
Arrival of the Hungarians
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895
The alliance of the seven Hungarian tribes took possession of the then largely uninhabited Carpathian Basin. Until then, the sparse Slavic population of the north-western Carpathians had lived under Moravian rule for a few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate in the early 9th century.
1000
Foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom
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1000
The Kingdom of Hungary was established with the coronation of King Stephen I. He converted the Hungarians to Christianity and created two archdioceses (Esztergom and Kalocsa) and ten dioceses. He divided Hungary into counties led by ispáns, who were appointed by the king.
1241-1242
Mongol Invasion
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1241-1242
The hordes of the Mongol Empire invaded Hungary and almost completely destroyed it. One third to one half of the population was destroyed. The Mongols also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Muhi and they could not hunt down the king. After their withdrawal, King Béla IV reorganized Hungary. He allowed the feudal lords to build stone castles because they were able to successfully resist the nomadic Mongols. The vast majority of stone castles were built after this. The king called in German, Vlach (Romanian) and Slavic settlers to replace the destroyed population.
1241-42
The Hungarian border post was destroyed during the Mongol invasion.
after 1242
The town was founded by German settlers, brought in by Princess Kunigunda (Cunegunda, Saint Kinga), daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary.
1244
The town was mentioned as Podolin.
1292
The settlement had town privileges, it was protected by walls and it was allowed to build a bath.
1301
The extinction of the House of Árpád
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1301
The House of Árpád, the first Hungarian royal dynasty, died out with the death of King Andrew III. Hungary was ruled by oligarchs, the most powerful of whom was Csák Máté, whose main ally was the Aba family. King Charles I (1308-1342), supported by the Pope, eventually emerged as the most prominent of the contenders for the Hungarian throne. But it took decades to break the power of the oligarchs.
1412
Podolin became a free royal town.
November 8, 1412
King Sigismund of Hungary pawned 13 towns of Szepes County (Szepesbéla, Duránd, Felka, Igló, Leibic, Mateóc, Ménhárd, Poprád, Ruszkin, Szepesolaszi, Szepesszombat, Szepesváralja, Sztrázsa), and three castles (Gnézda, Podolin and Lubló) to Wladyslaw II of Poland (1386-1434). The pawn lasted until 1772 (formally until September 18, 1773). King Sigismund needed the money to launch a war against Venice to retake the Dalmatian towns occupied by the city state. The war wasn't successful.
1440
After the death of King Albert of the House of Habsburg, the Estates of Hungary elected the Polish Ulászló to the throne. Elisabeth, the widow queen, in order to secure the throne for László, her baby boy, called in the Czech Hussite mercenary leader Jan Jiskra. She gave him the title "Captain of the Mining Towns and Kassa", and gave him the castle of Zólyom.
1440-1441
The Czech Hussites soon occupied much of northern Hungary. They occupied Rozsnyó and built a fortification. They reinforced the castles and turned them into bandit lairs. They were pillaging everywhere and large areas became uninhabited. They wiped out the local German and Hungarian population, who were replaced by Czech and other Slavic settlers. The Czech Hussite devastation largely contributed to the Slavicisation of northern Hungary (now Slovakia).
15th century
Podolin succesfully resisted the attacks of the Czech Hussite plunderers.
1526
Battle of Mohács and the splitting of Hungary into two parts
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1526
Sultan Suleiman I launched a war against Vienna, instigated by the French. Ferdinand I, Duke of Austria, was the brother-in-law of King Louis II of Hungary. The army of the Ottoman Empire defeated the much smaller Hungarian army at Mohács, and King Louis II died in the battle. A group of the barons elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the throne, who promised to defend Hungary from the Turks. He was the younger brother of the most powerful European monarch Emperor Charles V. But the nobility chose the most powerful Hungarian baron, Szapolyai János, who was also crowned as King John I. The country was split in two and a decades-long struggle for power began.
1541
The Turkish occupation of the capital, Buda, and the division of Hungary into three parts
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1541
The Turks conquered Buda, the capital of Hungary, after the death of King John I. The central part of the country was under Turkish rule for 150 years. The western and northern parts (including present-day Slovakia) formed the Kingdom of Hungary ruled by the Habsburg emperors. The eastern parts (now mainly under Romanian rule) were ruled by the successors of King John I of Hungary. In 1571, John II (John Sigismund), the son of King John I of Hungary, renounced the title of King of Hungary in favor of King Maximilian of the House of Habsburg, and henceforth held the title of Prince. This formally created the Principality of Transylvania, which was the eastern half of Hungary not ruled by the Habsburgs and was also a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. John II died in 1571, after which the three nations of Transylvania (the Hungarian nobility, the Székelys and the Saxons) elected the prince.
1462
At the end of the war that King Matthias of Hungary had waged against the Hussites since 1458, Jiskra swore loyalty to the king and handed over the castles he still held. Afterwards Jiskra fought in the service of King Matthias until his death.
1642
The Piarist Order founded its first high school in Hungary in Podolin.
1646, 1664
Epidemics.
1662
A great flood devastated the town.
1684
Podolin nearly completely burned down.
1686
Recapture of Buda and the liberation of Hungary from the Turks
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1686
The army of the Holy League recaptured Buda from the Turks by siege. In 1687, the Imperial army invaded the Principality of Transylvania. The liberation was hindered by the French breaking their promise of peace in 1688 and attacking the Habsburg Empire. By 1699, when the Peace of Karlóca was signed, all of Hungary and Croatia had been liberated from the Ottoman Empire with the exception of Temesköz, the area bounded by the Maros, the Tisza and the Danube rivers. It was not until the Peace of Požarevac in 1718 that Temesköz was liberated from the Turks. However, the continuous war against the Turkish invaders and the Habsburg autocracy, which lasted for more than 150 years, wiped out large areas of the Hungarian population, which had previously made up 80% of the country's population, and was replaced by Vlachs (Romanians), Serbs and other Slavic settlers and Germans. The Habsburgs also favoured the settlement of these foreign peoples over the 'rebellious' Hungarians.
1703-1711
Hungarian War of Independence led by Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
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1703-1711
After the expulsion of the Turks, the Habsburgs treated Hungary as a newly conquered province and did not respect its constitution. The serfs rose up against the Habsburg ruler because of the sufferings caused by the war and the heavy burdens, and they invited Rákóczi Ferenc II to lead them. Trusting in the help promised by King Louis XIV of France, he accepted. Rákóczi rallied the nobility to his side, and soon most of the country was under his control. The rebels were called the kurucs. In 1704, the French and the Bavarians were defeated at the Battle of Blenheim, depriving the Hungarians of their international allies. The Rusyn, Slovak and Vlach peasants and the Saxons of Szepes supported the fight for freedom, while the Serbs in the south and the Saxons in Transylvania served the Habsburgs. Due to lack of funds Rákóczi could not raise a strong regular army, and in 1710, Hungary was also hit by a severe plague. Rákóczi tried unsuccessfully to forge an alliance with Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. In his absence, without his knowledge, his commander-in-chief, Károlyi Sándor, accepted Emperor Joseph I's peace offer. The Peace of Szatmár formally restored the Hungarian constitution and religious freedom and granted amnesty, but did not ease the burden of serfdom. Rákóczi refused to accept the pardon and went into exile. He died in Rodosto, Turkey.
1848-1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence
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1848-1849
Following the news of the Paris Revolution on 22 February 1848, the Hungarian liberal opposition led by Kossuth Lajos demanded the abolition of serfdom, the abolition of the tax exemption of the nobility, a parliament elected by the people, and an independent and accountable national government. The revolution that broke out in Pest on 15 March expressed its demands in 12 points, which, in addition to the above mentioned, included the freedom of the press, equality before the law, the release of the political prisoners and the union with Transylvania. A Hungarian government was formed, Batthyány Lajos became prime minister, and on 11 April Emperor Ferdinand V ratified the reform laws. On August 31 the Emperor demanded the repeal of the laws threatening with military intervention. In September the Emperor unleashed the army of Jelacic, Ban of Croatia, on Hungary, but they were defeated by the Hungarians in the Battle of Pákozd on 29 September. An open war began for the independence of Hungary. The Habsburgs incited the nationalities against the Hungarians. The Rusyns, the Slovenes and most of the Slovaks and Germans supported the cause persistently, but the Vlachs (Romanians) and the Serbians turned against the Hungarians. The glorious Spring Campaign in 1849 led by General Görgei Artúr liberated almost all of Hungary. On 1 May 1849, Emperor Franz Joseph, effectively admitting defeat, asked for the help of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, who sent an intervention army of 200,000 soldiers against Hungary. The resistance became hopeless against the overwhelming enemy forces and on 13 August Görgei Artúr surrendered to the Russians at Világos. Bloody reprisals followed, and on 6 October 1849, 12 generals and a colonel of the Hungarian Revolution, the martyrs of Arad, were executed in Arad. On the same day, Batthyány Lajos, the first Hungarian Prime Minister, was executed by firing squad in Pest. The Habsburgs introduced total authoritarianism in Hungary, but they also failed to fulfil their promises to the nationalities that had betrayed the Hungarians.
1867
Austro-Hungarian Compromise
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1867
The Habsburg Empire was weakened by the defeats it suffered in the implementation of Italian and German unity. The Hungarians wanted to return to the reform laws of 1848, but they did not have the strength to do so. Emperor Franz Joseph and the Hungarian opposition, led by Deák Ferenc, finally agreed to restructure the Empire and abolish absolutism. Hungary was given autonomy in its internal affairs, with its own government and parliament, which was essential for the development of its economy and culture. However, foreign and military affairs remained in the hands of the Habsburgs and served their aspiration for becoming a great power. The majority wanted Hungary's independence, but they were excluded from political power.
1893
The town gained railway connection from Poprád. The terminus was Palocsa at the Polish border.
1914-1918
World War I
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1914-1918
As part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Hungary took part in the war on the side of the Central Powers.
November 1918 - January 1919
The Czech, Romanian and Serbian occupation of Hungary
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November 1918 - January 1919
In Hungary, the freemasonic subversion brought the pro-Entente Károlyi Mihály to power. The new government, naively trusting the Entente powers, met all their demands and disbanded the Hungarian military, which rendered the country completely defenseless in the most dire need. Under French and Italian command, Czech, Romanian and Serbian troops invaded large parts of Hungary, where they immediately began the takeover. They fired Hungarian railway workers, officials and teachers, banned the use of the Hungarian language, abolished Hungarian education, and disposed of everything that reminded them of the country's Hungarian past. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians were forced to leave their homeland, and the forcible assimilation of the remaining Hungarians was begun.
middle of December 1918
The Czechoslovaks invaded Podolin.
4 June 1920
Trianon Dictate
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4 June 1920
Hungary was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon, although the country was not invited to the peace talks. Hungary lost two thirds of its territory that had belonged to it for more than 1000 years. One-third of the Hungarian population came under foreign rule. On the basis of the national principle, countries with a more mixed and less ethnically balanced composition than the former Hungary were created, such as Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). For example, while 48% of the population of the territory ceded to Czechoslovakia was Slovak and 30% Hungarian, 54% of the population of the former Hungary was Hungarian and 10.6% Slovak. And in the territory that is now part of Serbia, the Hungarians outnumbered the Serbs. The part of the territory allocated to Romania from Hungary was larger than the remaining territory of Hungary, despite the fact that there were 10 million Hungarians and less than 3 million Romanians in the former Hungary. While Hungary used to have the most liberal nationality policy in Europe, the successor states had no respect at all for the national and cultural rights of the indigenous Hungarians and engaged in forced assimilation. The Trianon Dictate destroyed the organic economic unity of the region. Before the First World War, Hungary had a dynamic economy, more advanced than Spain's. After 1920, the successor states formed the so-called "Little Entente", putting Hungary under an economic blockade and sabotaging it on the international stage.
14 March 1939
First independent Slovakia was established
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14 March 1939
The first independent Slovakia was established under German patronage. Josef Tiso became president of the country. In 1938, Hungary regained 11,927 km2 of territory from Czechoslovakia under the First Vienna Award. Its population was 869 thousand people, 86.5% of whom were Hungarian. From the remaining territory that Hungary did not get back, Slovakia was formed.
Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
Soviet occupation
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Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary and Slovakia, which resulted in the recreation of Czechoslovakia.
5 April 1945
Beneš decrees and the persecution of Hungarians
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5 April 1945
In Hungarian-majority Kassa, the president of occupying Czechoslovakia, Edvard Beneš, promulgated his government program, the so-called Beneš decrees. As part of this, the Hungarian population was deprived of their rights. Their complete expulsion was planned, with the support of the Soviet Union, and only the veto of the USA prevented it. Under the 'Reslavakization' programme, only those Hungarians who recognised themselves as Slovaks were allowed to regain their rights, thus renouncing all linguistic and cultural rights. In the violent expulsions that followed, nearly 200,000 Hungarians were deprived of their property and expelled from their homeland on the basis of their nationality.
1 January 1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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1 January 1993
Czechoslovakia disintegrated due to ethnic differences between Czechs and Slovaks, shortly after the withdrawal of Soviet tanks. Slovakia was formed entirely from territory carved out of historic Hungary, and Slovak national identity is still largely based on falsified history and artificial hatred of Hungarians. Despite deportations, expulsions, forced assimilation and strong economic pressure, there are still nearly half a million Hungarians living in the country.
Source: Wikipedia, arcanum.hu - Bánlaky József: A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme
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Public buildings
Commerce, industry, hospitality
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Private buildings
Churches, religious buildings
Church of the Assumption of the Belssed Virgin Mary into Heaven
Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie
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Originally:
church
Currently:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
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Church of the Assumption of the Belssed Virgin Mary into Heaven
History
It was built in 1298 In Gothic style. Its Gothic frescos were made in the 14th century. The bronze baptistery (church font) is from the 15th century. The furnishings of the church are from the Baroque era.
Piarist Church, former Monastery and Grammar School
Kláštor Piaristov s kostolom
Originally:
church and monastery, school
Currently:
church and monastery
Church:
Roman Catholic
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Piarist Church, former Monastery and Grammar School
History
The Piarists were settled down by the Palatine of Krakow, Stanislaw Lubomirsky in 1642 during the period when the town was pawned by Hungary to Poland. The buildings were built between 1647 and 1651. They were originally fortified. The first Piarist grammar school of Hungary was opened at that time in Podolin. The church was completed in 1671 and was dedicated to St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów, the martyr bishop of Krakow. In 1762 the church was reconstructed in Baroque style and the two towers were added.
The Hungarian writer Krúdy Gyula attended the Piarist grammar school of Podolin between 1888 and 1891. There is a plaque in memory of him on the wall of the monastery. Rákóczi Ferenc II was hiding here for some time in 1701 after he escaped from the prison of Wienerneustadt. He was the leader of the Hungarian War of Independence between 1703 and 1711.
On December 21, 1918 the Czechoslovak army invaded the town and they sent the students home. On August 24, 1919 the Czechoslovak invaders expropriated the Piarist grammar school, which ceased to function. The members of the Piarist order were expelled from the newly created Czechoslovakia. Later the equipments of the school could be transported to Hungary. In 1950 the Communists established a concentration camp in the building.
The Redemptorists settled down in the buildings for the first time between 1922 and 1927, for the second time in 1940 and finally in 1989.
St. Anne Cemetery Chapel
Kostol sv. Anny
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chapel
Currently:
chapel
Church:
Roman Catholic
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St. Anne Cemetery Chapel
History
It was built in the 13th century in Romanesque style. It was reconstructed in Renaissance style in the 16th century. Its Baroque furnishings are from the 18th century. The chapel is an important place for indulgence, and many legends are attached to it.
St. John of Nepomuk Chapel
Kaplnka sv. Jána Nepomuckého
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chapel
Currently:
chapel
Church:
Roman Catholic
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St. John of Nepomuk Chapel
History
It was built at the end of the 18th century in late Baroque and Classicist style.
Public buildings
Town Hall
History
The town hall is from the 16th century. It was reconstructed in 1903.
Commerce, industry, hospitality
Old Tavern
Originally:
hotel / tavern / guesthouse
Currently:
hospital / clinic / sanatorium / doctor's office
Note:
First Aid center.
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Old Tavern
History
The building next to the town hall was a tavern addressed "To the Hat of Krakow" in the time of Krúdy Gyula.
Town infrastructure
Renaissance Bell Tower
Spišská renesančná zvonica
Originally:
bell tower
Currently:
bell tower
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Renaissance Bell Tower
History
It was built in 1659 in Renaissance style. It is the copy of the bell tower of Poprád. The bell is from 1392.
Town Walls
History
The oval-shaped walls of Podolin were already standing in 1292. The streets Klástorná and Bastová follow the line of the former walls. Only parts of the defenses have been preserved, on the southwest and on the northeast. The bastion on the southwest is in the best condition.
Bottomless Well
History
It is located on the edge of the cemetery. According to the legend a dangerous bandit was beheaded, and his head sank into the ground where the well is now located. The well is connected with the Dunajec River by an underground canal.
Private buildings
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Burgher's Houses on the Main Square
History
The burgher's houses are from the 17th century.
Riminszky House
History
The house is known from the novel "The ghost of Podolin" written by the Hungarian writer Krúdy Gyula.
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