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{{short description|City in Slovakia}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Poprad
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| settlement_type = City

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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Slovakia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Prešov Region}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Slovakia|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Poprad District]]

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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Anton Danko

| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1250

| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
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| website = {{url|poprad.sk}}
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[[File:2003-12 View from Poprad.png|thumb|View of the High Tatras from Poprad]]

'''Poprad''' ({{IPA|sk|ˈpɔprat|lang|Sk-Poprad.ogg}}; {{langx|hu|Poprád}}; {{langx|de|Deutschendorf}}) is a city in northern [[Slovakia]] at the foot of the [[High Tatras|High Tatra Mountains]], famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the [[Spiš]] region and the largest of all towns in the vicinity of the High Tatra Mountains in both Slovakia and [[Poland]], Poprad is the tenth largest city in Slovakia, with a population of approximately 50,000.

The [[Poprad-Tatry Airport]] is an international airport located just outside the city. Poprad is also the starting point of the [[Tatra Electric Railway]] (known in Slovak as ''Tatranská elektrická železnica''), a set of special narrow-gauge trains (trams) connecting the resorts in the [[High Tatras]] with each other and with Poprad. Mainline trains link Poprad to other destinations in Slovakia and beyond; in particular, there are through trains running from Poprad to [[Prague]] in the [[Czech Republic]].

==History==
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{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic]] 1990–1992 
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The territory was inhabited by [[Slavs|Slavic]] settlers since the [[Migration Period]]. The first written record dates from 16 March 1256 in the deed of donation of the Hungarian King [[Béla IV of Hungary|Bela IV.]] After the [[Mongol invasions and conquests|Mongol invasions]] in the 13th century it was colonized by [[Carpathian Germans|German]] settlers and became the largely German town ''Deutschendorf'' meaning 'Germans' village'. From 1412 to 1770, as one of the Spis towns, Poprad was pawned by the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] to the [[The Jagiellon Era|Kingdom of Poland]], resulting in a strong Polish influence on the city's further development. In the 17th century, the number of Germans began to decline. Since 1918, this territory has been placed under the control of [[Czechoslovakia]].

Poprad itself was for 690 years (up until 1946) just one of several neighbouring settlements, which currently make up the modern city. The other parts of the current municipality are ''Matejovce'' (German: ''Matzdorf''; Hungarian: ''Mateóc'', first reference 1251), ''Spišská Sobota'' (German: ''Georgenberg''; Hungarian: ''Szepesszombat'', 1256), ''Veľká'' (German/Hungarian: ''Felka'', 1268), and ''Stráže pod Tatrami'' (German: ''Michelsdorf''; Hungarian: ''Strázsa'', 1276). The most significant of these original towns was Georgenberg, now [[Spišská Sobota]], which preserved its dominant position in the area until the late 19th century.

Poprad gained importance at the expense of Spišská Sobota after the construction of the [[Košice–Bohumín Railway]] in 1871. In the following years, further railway lines were built: Poprad - Kežmarok in 1892 and [[Tatra Electric Railway]] in 1908.

In 1942, during [[World War II]], most of the transports of Jews to ghettos and concentration camps in German-occupied Poland were sent from the [[Poprad-Tatry railway station|Poprad railway station]]. The first transport of about 1,000 Jewish girls and young women left Poprad on 25 March 1942 for [[Auschwitz extermination camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]]. By the end of 1942, when the deportations stopped, over 58,000 [[Holocaust in Slovakia|Jews had been deported from Slovakia]] to German-occupied Poland via Poprad.<ref>{{cite web |title=Memorial plaque for deported Jews at Poprad railway station|website= Holocaust Memorials: Monuments, Museums and Institutions in Commemoration of Nazi Victims|url=https://www.gedenkstaetten-uebersicht.de/en/europe/cl/slowakei/inst/gedenktafel-fuer-die-deportier/|publisher=Stiftung Topographie des Terrors|location=Berlin, Germany| access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

Poprad was liberated on 28 January 1945 by troops of the [[Red Army|Soviet]] [[18th Army (Soviet Union)|18th Army]]. The German population was expelled afterwards.

After the war, the neighbouring settlements were incorporated into Poprad: Spišská Sobota and Veľká in 1945, Stráže pod Tatry in 1960 and Matejovce in 1974. At that time, with the development of winter sports, Poprad became the starting point for expeditions to the [[High Tatras]].

In 1999, Poprad put in a bid to host the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], but lost to [[Turin]], Italy.

==Geography==
Poprad lies at an altitude of {{convert|672|m|ft|0}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]] and covers an area of {{convert|63|km2|sqmi|1}}.<ref name="statistics">{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | access-date = May 3, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427022352/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html  |archive-date = April 27, 2007}}</ref> It is located in northeastern Slovakia, about {{convert|110|km|mi|0}} from [[Košice]] and {{convert|330|km|mi|0}} from [[Bratislava]] (by road).

Poprad is situated on the [[Poprad River]] in the [[Podtatranská kotlina|Sub-Tatra Basin]], and is a gateway to the [[High Tatras]]. Mountain ranges around the city include the [[Levoča Hills]] in the east, [[Kozie chrbty]] in the south, and the [[Low Tatras]] in the southwest. The drainage divide between the [[Black Sea]] and [[Baltic Sea]] lies a bit to the west, near the village of [[Štrba]].

===Climate===
Poprad lies in the [[Temperate|north temperate zone]] and has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with four distinct seasons. It is characterized by a significant variation between warm summers and cold winters.

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|Jan record high C = 12.3
|Feb record high C = 18.2
|Mar record high C = 22.3
|Apr record high C = 27.0
|May record high C = 31.2
|Jun record high C = 33.8
|Jul record high C = 34.8
|Aug record high C = 33.9
|Sep record high C = 31.5
|Oct record high C = 29.2
|Nov record high C = 20.5
|Dec record high C = 16.3
|year record high C = 34.8
|Jan high C = 0.5
|Feb high C = 2.7
|Mar high C = 7.1
|Apr high C = 13.5
|May high C = 18.1
|Jun high C = 21.7
|Jul high C = 23.4
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 18.3
|Oct high C = 12.9
|Nov high C = 6.6
|Dec high C = 1.2
|year high C = 12.5
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|Feb mean C = -2.3
|Mar mean C = 1.4
|Apr mean C = 7.2
|May mean C = 12.0
|Jun mean C = 15.6
|Jul mean C = 17.0
|Aug mean C = 16.6
|Sep mean C = 11.7
|Oct mean C = 7.0
|Nov mean C = 2.2
|Dec mean C = -2.6
|year mean C = 6.8
|Jan low C = -8.0
|Feb low C = -6.9
|Mar low C = -3.3
|Apr low C = 1.2
|May low C = 5.9
|Jun low C = 9.3
|Jul low C = 10.9
|Aug low C = 10.5
|Sep low C = 6.4
|Oct low C = 2.2
|Nov low C = -1.6
|Dec low C = -6.5
|year low C = 1.7
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|Feb record low C = -33.1
|Mar record low C = -26.7
|Apr record low C = -12.8
|May record low C = -6.6
|Jun record low C = -2.9
|Jul record low C = 0.4
|Aug record low C = 0.1
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|Oct record low C = -13.2
|Nov record low C = -19.5
|Dec record low C = -30.5
|year record low C = -33.1
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|Mar humidity = 70.9
|Apr humidity = 67.4
|May humidity = 69.8
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|Jul humidity = 72.0
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|Sep humidity = 76.7
|Oct humidity = 79.5
|Nov humidity = 82.4
|Dec humidity = 84.4
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|archive-date = 20 August 2023
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|title = Poprad Climate Normals 1991–2020
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|access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref><ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
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|title = Poprad Climate Normals 1961–1990
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = SHMI (extremes, 1926–present)<ref name=shmi>{{cite web
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|archive-date = 30 August 2023
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|title = Poprad Tatry
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|language = it}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{historical population|1970|23447|1980|38077|1991|52914|2001|56157|2011|52862|2021|49855|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}}Poprad has a population of 55,158 (as of 31 December 2005). According to the 2001 census, 94.1% of inhabitants were [[Slovaks]], 2.1% [[Romani people|Romani]], 1% [[Czechs]], 0.2% [[Hungarians]], 0.2% [[Germans]], 0.1% [[Rusyns]], 0.1% [[Ukrainians]], and 0.1% [[Polish people|Poles]].<ref name="statistics"/>

== Religion ==
The oldest churches here are the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia|Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession]] ([[Lutheranism| Lutherans]]). It also operates here: the [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic Church]] and [[Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Orthodox Church]], [[Baptists]], the [[Apostolic Church (1916 denomination)|Apostolic Church]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]], the Pentecostal Charismatic Church, and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].

'''Poprad'''

* [[Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Poprad|Co-Cathedral of the Virgin Mary]] (Roman Catholic)
* Church of St. Giles (Roman Catholic)
* Church of St. Cyril and Methodius (Roman Catholic)
* Church of Holy Trinity (Lutheran)
* Pentecostal Church
* Church of St. Peter and Paul (Greek Catholic)
*
* Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
* Church of Holy Cross (Orthodox)
*
'''Veľká'''

* Church of St. John (Roman Catholic - Salesians)
* Church of Holy Trinity (Lutheran)
* Baptist church
* Church of Seventh-day Adventists

'''Spišská Sobota'''

* Church of St. George (Roman Catholic)
* Lutheran church

'''Matejovce'''

* Church of St. Stephen (Roman Catholic)
* Lutheran church

'''Stráže pod Tatrami'''

* Church of St. John (Roman Catholic)
* Lutheran church

'''Kvetnica'''

* Church of St. Helen (Roman Catholic)

==Landmarks==
The historical centre is concentrated around St. Giles square (''Námestie svätého Egídia''), which is rimmed with houses predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Churches in the city include the early-Gothic Catholic Church of St. Giles from the late 13th century and the classicist Lutheran Church of Holy Trinity from the 19th century.

Another historical area in Poprad is in [[Spišská Sobota]], which was declared in 1953 to be a Town Monument Reserve. A significant landmark there is the Church of St. George, with five late-Gothic side altars and a main altar from the workshop of [[Master Paul of Levoča]].

Modern places of interest include the [[Poprad-Tatry railway station]] and the AquaCity Poprad [[water park]].

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Poprad centrum 01.JPG|St. Giles Square with the Lutheran Church of Holy Trinity
File:Square of Poprad 3.jpg|Church of St. Giles
File:Square of Spisska Sobota 6.jpg|Main Square in [[Spišská Sobota]]
File:SK-Spisska Sobota-Georgenkirche-1.jpg|Church in Spišská Sobota
File:I10 327 Bf Poprad-Tatry.jpg|[[Poprad-Tatry railway station]]
</gallery>

==Government==

Between 2003 and 2014, the mayor of Poprad was [[Anton Danko]] (former international ice-hockey referee). In the November 2014 municipal elections, he lost to Jozef Švagerko (KDH – Christian democrats).

==Territorial division==
The city is divided into six boroughs for municipal administrative division:
# Staré Mesto ["Old Town"]
# [[Spišská Sobota]]
# Stráže
# Veľká
# Matejovce
# Kvetnica

==Sport==
[[File:Hockey Arena Poprad 2.jpg|thumb|right|Arena of the ice hockey club [[HK Poprad]]]]

Poprad currently has one ice hockey club, [[HK Poprad]], who play at the [[Poprad Ice Stadium]].

[[Lev Poprad]] was another ice hockey club in Poprad, which used to play in the [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] for one season but was moved to the Czech capital, Prague, in 2012. Despite successful 2013/2014 seasons, the club has ended due to financial problems. Several former and current [[National Hockey League|NHL]] hockey players were born in Poprad.<ref>{{cite web|last=LegendsofHockey.net|title=NHL Legends of Hockey|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=HK+Poprad|access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref>

The city also hosted the [[1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships]],
[[1999 European Youth Olympic Winter Days]], [[2017 IIHF World U18 Championships]] and [[1999 Winter Universiade]]. Every year, the ice hockey [[Tatra Cup]] is held. There was also an unsuccessful [[Poprad-Tatry bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics|bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics]].

There are many [[association football|football]] stadiums in Poprad; however, the main one is [[NTC Poprad]], home of [[FK Poprad]], founded in 1906 and the [[Slovakia national under-21 football team|Slovakia national youth teams]].

The local women's basketball club is [[Basketbalová Akadémia Mládeže Poprad]] (BAMP). Their matches are played in [[Aréna Poprad]]. The arena was also one of the venues at the [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World League|2017]] editions of the [[FIVB Volleyball World League]].

==Education==
The city's system of primary education consists of 12 public schools and one religious primary school, enrolling in total of 5,464 pupils.<ref name='uips'>{{cite web | title=Prehľad základných škôl v školskom roku 2006/2007 | year=2006 | publisher=Ústav informácií a prognóz školstva | url=http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/ZS_P7.PDF | access-date=March 9, 2008 | language=sk | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203403/http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/ZS_P7.PDF | archive-date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref> Secondary education is represented by four grammar schools with 1,800 students,<ref name='uips2'>{{cite web |url=http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/GYM_P7.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203357/http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/GYM_P7.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |title=Prehľad gymnázií v školskom roku 2006/2007 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |publisher=Ústav informácií a prognóz školstva |language=sk }}</ref> three specialized high schools with 1,566 students,<ref name='uips3'>{{cite web |url=http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/SOS_P7.PDF |title=Prehľad stredných odborných škôl v školskom roku 2006/2007 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |publisher=Ústav informácií a prognóz školstva |language=sk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203349/http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/SOS_P7.PDF |archive-date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref> and four vocational schools with 2,045 students (data as of 2007).<ref name='uips4'>{{cite web |url=http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/ZSS_P7.PDF |title=Prehľad združených stredných škôl v školskom roku 2006/2007 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |publisher=Ústav informácií a prognóz školstva |language=sk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203416/http://www.uips.sk/statis/pdf/ZSS_P7.PDF |archive-date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref>

The city also hosted the 3rd [[International Biology Olympiad]] in 1993.

==Transport==
[[File:031 Poprad, Slovakia.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the city with the airport]]
Poprad is a gateway to the [[High Tatras|High Tatra]] mountain range, which is a popular tourist destination. The city lies on the main road ([[Motorway D1 (Slovakia)|E 50]]) and railway connecting western and eastern Slovakia.

[[Poprad-Tatry railway station]] links Poprad with other major destinations on Slovakia's [[standard gauge]] rail network, and with the mountains via the [[metre gauge]] [[Tatra Electric Railway]]. The direct trains SuperCity [[Pendolino#Czech Republic|Pendolino]] connect Poprad with [[Prague]].

International [[Poprad–Tatry Airport]] from 1938, is an airport with the highest elevation in Central Europe. It also offers scheduled flights to London.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://firmy.etrend.sk/firmy-nefinancny-sektor/lietat-z-popradu-do-londyna-sa-bude-uz-za-30-eur.html | title=Lietať z Popradu do Londýna sa bude už za 30 eur | date=July 28, 2014 }}</ref>

=== Bus transport ===
Lines: {{rcb|Poprad buses|1|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|2|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|3|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|4|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|5|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|6|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|7|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad buses|8|inline=croute}}

=== Rail transport ===
Lines: {{rcb|Poprad trains|183|inline=croute}}, {{rcb|Poprad trains|185|inline=croute}}

==Notable people==
[[File:SK-Spisska Sobota-Ring-21a-Brokoff-Haus-.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial plaque of [[Jan Brokoff]] in [[Spišská Sobota]]]]

*[[Jan Brokoff]] (1652–1718) – Baroque-era sculptor and carver
*[[Leslie Kish]] (1910–2000) – statistician
*[[Tibor Sekelj]] (1912–1988) – explorer, Esperantist, writer and lawyer
*[[Adolf Burger]] (1917–2016) – typographer, author of memoirs on [[Operation Bernhard]] filmed as the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Oscar]]-winning ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'', grew up and trained in Poprad
*[[Miroslav Lajčák]] (born 1963) – diplomat
*[[Andrej Kiska]] (born 1963), politician, [[President of Slovakia]] (2014–2019)
* [[Lucia Kurilovská]] (born 1967), politician
* [[Ivan Štefunko]] (born 1977), politician
* [[Kamil Šaško]] (born 1985), politician
=== Sport ===
*[[Boris Prokopič]] (born 1988) – Austrian football player
*[[Peter Ihnačák]] (born 1957) – Ice hockey player
*[[Daniela Hantuchová]] (born 1983) – tennis player
*[[Anton Gavel]] (born 1984) – Slovak basketball player
*[[Peter Bondra]] (born 1986) – ice hockey player
*[[Tomáš Rigo]] (born 2002) - footballer
*[[Tamara Potocká]] (born 2002) - swimmer

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}

Poprad is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerské mestá|url=https://www.poprad.sk/partnerske-mesta.phtml?id3=40553|publisher=Poprad|language=sk|access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ústí nad Orlicí]], Czech Republic
* [[Zakopane]], Poland
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Vysoké Tatry (town)|Vysoké Tatry]], Slovakia
* [[Szarvas]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Widnes]], England, UK
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulu]], Finland
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Poprad}}
{{wikivoyage|Poprad}}
* [http://eng.poprad.sk/ Official website of Poprad municipality]
* [http://www.domfoto.sk/ House of Photography in Poprad]

===Photos and videos===
* [http://www.360pano.eu/slovakia/ 360° QTVR fullscreen panoramas] of the city

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Poprad - Revision history

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