Malý Lipník

Panorama of the village

Malý Lipník (Hungarian: Kishárs; Rusyn: Малый Липник; Ukrainian: Малий Липник, romanized: Malyi Lypnyk) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

History

The village of Malý Lipník is mentioned for the first time in a hand-written chronicle in 1715. In other historic periods the village carried these names; in 1715 Kis Lipnik, in 1786 Lipnik, in 1927 Malý Lipník; in Hungarian Kislipnik, Kisharas. The Greek Catholic Church of Cosmos and Damien is a made of stone and the church cemetery is located on a hill to the side of the church.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Malý Lipník was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 24 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Malý Lipník and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

External links

• Malý Lipník, Slovakia - The Carpathian Connection