Dobšiná

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Dobšiná

Total population

5,148

Coordinates48.82°, 20.36°

Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dobšiná is a small town in the Slovak Ore Mountains along the Slaná River. For 500 years it was a small but prosperous mining village populated by ethnic Germans within the Kingdom of Hungary; today it is a Slovak town of 6,000 most well known for its Ice Cave.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Pavel Jozef Šafárik

Slovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)

Gyula Andrássy

Hungarian statesman (1823–1890)

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Ottó Kárpáty

Mihály Pákh

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Mátyás Szlávik

Hungarian philosopher and Protestant theologian (1860-1937)

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Gyula Szojka

Ábrahám Szontagh

(1830-1902)

Pál Szontagh

politician (1821-1911)

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Gustav Melczer

Hungarian mineralogist (1869–1907)

Jenő Ruffinyi

Hungarian mining engineer (1846–1924)

Jur Hronec

mathematician

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Andrej Barčák

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer, manager, ambassador, minister of international trade and Slovak nation politician

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Ján Majer

Czechoslovak slovak nation politician

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Ján Paulík

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician

Sándor Herz

member of the Czechoslovakian National Parliament, doctor, and politician of Hungarian ethnicity

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Georg Sabler

Baltic German cleric (1700–1740)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Košice

• Vyšná Slaná
  3.2 mi away · pop. 520
• Dedinky
  3.3 mi away · pop. 305
• Stratená
  3.6 mi away · pop. 139
• Mlynky
  3.6 mi away · pop. 580
• Brdárka
  3.9 mi away · pop. 62
• Vlachovo
  4 mi away · pop. 899
• Rejdová
  4.2 mi away · pop. 740
• Gočovo
  4.9 mi away · pop. 384
• Kobeliarovo
  5.3 mi away · pop. 452
• Hanková
  5.5 mi away · pop. 62
• Hnilec
  6.2 mi away · pop. 479
• Markuška
  6.5 mi away · pop. 169

Browse all places in Košice →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-09-12

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-12

Woolly Thistle

Lophiolepis eriophora

Seen 2026-09-09

Asarabacca

Asarum europaeum

Seen 2026-09-09

Alpine Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera aptera

Seen 2026-09-09

Sticky Sage

Salvia glutinosa

Seen 2026-09-09

Wild Angelica

Angelica sylvestris

Seen 2026-09-09

Whorled Solomon's-seal

Polygonatum verticillatum

Seen 2026-09-09

Four-spotted Footman

Lithosia quadra

Seen 2026-09-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).