Ľubica | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 49°14′14″N 20°26′54″E / 49.23722°N 20.44833°E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Prešov |
District | Kežmarok |
First mentioned | 1271 |
Area | |
• Total | 76.49 [2] km2 (29.53 [2] sq mi) |
Elevation | 629 [3] m (2,064 [3] ft) |
Population (
2021) | |
• Total | 4,477 [1] |
Postal code | 059 71
[3] |
Area code | +421 52 [3] |
Car plate | KK |
Website | www.obeclubica.sk |
Ľubica ( Hungarian: Leibic, German: Leibitz, Rusyn: Любіца) is a large village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. [5] It is now a mostly housing development district with many panel block houses.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1271. The village was formerly known as Leibitz, as a city of Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1990), and previously of Hungary (1000 - 1918). [6]
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses were first read publicly in Ľubica in 1521 by Thomas Preisner. [7]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 630 metres and covers an area of 26.421 km². It has a population of about 4,507 people.