Toporec

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1277. Between 1000 and 1918, it was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 it became part of Czechoslovakia. The 1773 and 1796 censuses recorded a Slovak majority. In 1818 Artúr Görgei was born in Toporec. In 1910 the village had 818 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession. It was part of the German language island of the Oberzips. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Toporec was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Toporec and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. After the end of World War II the German population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees.

Most-observed species

• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  353
• Willow Gentian

  Gentiana asclepiadea L. · Magnoliopsida
  332
• Norway Spruce

  Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. · Pinopsida
  324
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  305
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  262
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  249
• Black Redstart

  Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) · Aves
  234
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  215

Most recent

• M 5 — 2023-10-09
  15 km SE of Stropkov, Slovakia
• M 3.1 — 2006-06-25
  10 km S of Bukowina Tatrza?ska, Poland
• M 2.6 — 2005-08-24
  6 km N of Ko?cielisko, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2005-06-02
  7 km S of Czarny Dunajec, Poland
• M 3.6 — 2005-01-29
  2 km NNE of Czarny Dunajec, Poland
• M 3 — 2005-01-23
  1 km SSW of Czarny Dunajec, Poland