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985:
980:Karol Itauma
932:Transylvania
922:Karl Sovanka
867:Tibor Gašpar
703:Kežmarok is
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648:
645:Demographics
632:
611:World War II
576:
574:since 2008.
561:
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71:Coat of arms
1580:Stará Lesná
1505:Krížová Ves
1450:Abrahámovce
1318:kezmarok.sk
761:, Lithuania
623:death camps
585:within the
470:World War I
468:. Prior to
460:of eastern
458:Spiš region
353:060 01
349:Postal code
179: /
1666:Categories
1540:Matiašovce
1324:2019-09-05
1299:2007-12-15
1206:2024-02-08
1181:2022-03-31
1149:2024-02-08
1121:References
1019:Adam Žampa
897:Milan Lach
885:Juraj Herz
697:See also:
677:and 2.63%
665:and 0.43%
290:Population
244:Government
167:20°25′35″E
164:49°08′01″N
1555:Podhorany
1470:Holumnica
1067:Town hall
826:, Germany
798:Nowy Targ
772:Lanškroun
748:, Hungary
675:Lutherans
629:Monuments
599:Wehrmacht
498:Hungarian
439:romanized
414:Hungarian
370:Car plate
360:Area code
312:Time zone
282:Elevation
1595:Tvarožná
1545:Mlynčeky
1510:Lechnica
1495:Jezersko
1490:Javorina
1480:Huncovce
1475:Hradisko
1428:Kežmarok
1262:(1911).
1241:Archived
1223:Archived
1109:See also
839:, Poland
824:Weilburg
800:, Poland
787:, France
785:Lesneven
759:Kupiškis
735:, Poland
722:, Poland
661:, 0.83%
657:, 1.59%
637:and the
595:Red Army
551:church.
549:Lutheran
462:Slovakia
454:Kieżmark
434:קעזמאַרק
426:Кежмарок
396:Kežmarok
389:Sources:
230:Kežmarok
225:District
206:Slovakia
138:Kežmarok
105:Kežmarok
37:Kežmarok
1640:Žakovce
1635:Zálesie
1630:Výborná
1620:Vojňany
1615:Vlkovce
1590:Toporec
1550:Osturňa
1455:Bušovce
1030:Gallery
811:Příbram
733:Gliwice
720:Bochnia
705:twinned
667:Germans
655:Slovaks
537:Thököly
522:Hussite
518:Kesmark
484:History
476:in the
445:Kezmark
441::
430:Yiddish
418:Késmárk
409:Käsmark
404:Kesmark
379:Website
193:Country
18:Käsmark
1610:Vlková
1560:Rakúsy
1525:Majere
1520:Ľubica
1515:Lendak
1500:Jurské
1485:Ihľany
1043:Castle
972:, and
950:, 2010
837:Zgierz
707:with:
663:Czechs
651:census
615:Jewish
545:Turkey
514:German
494:Saxons
450:Polish
400:German
298:15,304
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218:Prešov
213:Region
203:
1625:Vrbov
1565:Reľov
1465:Havka
1126:Notes
939:Sport
901:Rusyn
568:organ
516:name
506:Latin
422:Rusyn
338:UTC+2
317:UTC+1
1677:Spiš
970:1980
966:1876
659:Roma
526:Spiš
342:CEST
275:2022
257:Area
239:1251
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406:or
331:DST
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