Betlanovce () is a

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and

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in the

Spišská Nová Ves District Spišská Nová Ves District () is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. The district in its present borders was established in 1996. Administrative, economic and cultural center is its seat Spišská Nová Ves. The district bord ...

in the

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of central-eastern

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History

The name "Terra Bethlem", the earth of Bethlem, was mentioned as early as 1260 in a written document. In historical records the village itself was first mentioned in 1311 as "villa Bethlem", meaning a village belonging to Bethlem. The village was once part of the County of the Ten Lance-bearers (''Sedes X lanceatorum''), a historical autonomous administrative unit within the wider

Spiš county Szepes (; , , ) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. Its territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small area in southeastern Poland. For the current region, see S ...

. The County of the Ten Lance-bearers existed between the 12th century and 1802, when it merged with the Spiš county proper. Between 1725 and 1803 this institution resided in Betlanovce.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 546 metres and covers an

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of 10.124 km². It has a

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of about 638 people.

Cultural monuments

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manor house of the

Thurzó family The House of Thurzó (; ) was a Hungarian noble family from the 15th century to the first half of the 17th century. It was in Kraków that the rise of the Thurzó family began, and the family in turn boosted that city into an important center of b ...

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1703-1903 (parish B) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1710-1895 (parish B)

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