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Vyšné Hágy

• hu: Felsőhági • de: Hochhag, Hochhagi • pl: Wyżnie Hagi

0000 Vyšné Hágy Vyšné Hágy is situated at an elevation of 1,100 m in the High Tatra. The village was founded in 1891. The oldest spa facilities date from that time. The domains were taken over by the Czechoslovak state after World War I. The largest sanatorium opened in 1941 and at the time was the largest treatment facility for tuberculosis in Europe. Today, it is still a popular spa place, especially for the treatment of respiratory diseases.

The picture on glass no. 0000 [left] shows a viwe of Hotel Koliba was built in 1890 and became the basis of he future spa place. The hotel had four rooms and a restaurant.

Fifteen communities were joined in 1947 to form the new municipality of Vysoké Tatry (High Tatra). With about 5,500 inhabitants and an area of 398 m2 it is one of the largest municipalities of Slovakia. The administrative center is Starý Smokovec. The 15 formerly independent communities were (from west to east, names given in Slovak, Hungarian, German and Polish):
  • Podbanské (Podbanszkó / Pod Bansko, Untergruben / Podbańsko);
  • Štrbské Pleso (Csorba-tó / Csorber See, Tschirmersee / Szczyrbskie Jezioro) (in 2007 re-allocated to the municipality of Štrba);
  • Vyšné Hágy (Felsőhági / Hochhag, Hochhagi / Wyżnie Hagi);
  • Nová Polianka (Újszéplak / Neuwesterheim / Nowa Polanka);
  • Tatranská Polianka (Weszterovo / Tátraszéplak, Weszterlak / Tatrawesterheim, Westerheim / Tatrzańska Polanka, Westerów);
  • Tatranské Zruby (Tátraotthon / Tatraheim / Tatrzańskie Zręby);
  • Nový Smokovec (Újtátrafüred / Neuschmecks / Nowy Smokowiec);
  • Starý Smokovec (Tátrafüred, Ótátrafüred / Altschmecks / Stary Smokowiec);
  • Horný Smokovec (Felsőtátrafüred / Oberschmecks / Górny Smokowiec);
  • Dolný Smokovec (Alsótátrafüred / Unterschmecks / Dolny Smokowiec);
  • Tatranská Lesná (Tátraerdőfalva / Tatrawalddorf / Tatrzańska Leśna);
  • Tatranská Lomnica (Tátralomnic / Tatralomnitz / Łomnica Tatrzańska);
  • Tatranské Matliare (Matlárháza / Matlarenau / Matlary);
  • Kežmarské Žľaby (Késmárki Itató / Käsmarker Tränke / Kieżmarskie Złoby);
  • Tatranská Kotlina (Tátra-Barlangliget / Tatrahöhlenhain / Tatrzańskie Kotliny).

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyšné_Hágy, https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyšné_Hágy, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyżnie_Hagi; http://www.nostalgicketatry.sk/historia/vysnehagy.html]

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