Szepes County

Szepes County
Comitatus Scepusiensis (Latin)
Szepes vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Zips (German)
Spišská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
13th century–1920
Coat of arms of Szepes
Coat of arms

CapitalSzepesi vár; Lőcse (16th century-1920)
Area
 • Coordinates49°1′N 20°35′E / 49.017°N 20.583°E / 49.017; 20.583
 
• 1910
3,654 km2 (1,411 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
172,900
History 
• Established
13th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofSlovakia
Poland
Spiš Castle; Levoča is the current name of the capital.

Szepes (Slovak: Spiš; Latin: Scepusium, Polish: Spisz, German: Zips) 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 Spiš.


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