SLOVENSKO	SLOVAKIA
Prešovský kraj	Prešov region
okres: Poprad

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Tatranská Kotlina is situated at an elevation of 764 m on the right bank of the river Biela, about 20 km north of the district town Poprad and about 72 km northwest of the regional capital, Prešov. Tatranská Kotlina today is part of the municipality of Voysoké Tatry.

The early history of the place is connected with the opening of the nearby Belianska Jaskyna cave in 1881 and later. At that time, the area belonged to the town of Spišská Belá (German: Zipser Bela), which owned almost all the land here and had a small house built for the cave guide in 1882. A year later, a restaurant and two holiday homes with a total of 15 rooms followed, and by the end of the 19th century there were 31 buildings with 370 beds. Later, a bathhouse and casino with a theater hall and a large restaurant for 500 guests were built. The sanatorium for tuberculosis patients opened in 1930 and by the time became known as the "Railwaymen's Sanatorium". In 1948, the sanatorium was nationalized and still exists today, focusing on the treatment of the respiratory tract.

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).

[http://fallingrain.com/world/LO/05/Tatranska_Kotlina.html; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatransk%C3%A1_Kotlina]