Tvarožná, Kežmarok District

Tvarožná (Hungarian: Duránd, German: Durelsdorf, Rusyn: Тварожна) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1268 when it was settled by Germans. In 1271 it got town rights. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Tvarožná was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Tvarožná and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. The German population was expelled in 1945.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 670 metres (2,200 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 35.00 km² (13.51 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 825 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 729 people by ethnicity 716 as Slovak, 35 as Romani, 11 as Not found out, 5 as Czech, 4 as Rusyn, 3 as Polish, 2 as Italian, 1 as Austrian, 1 as German and 1 as Hungarian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 729 people by religion 659 from Roman Catholic Church, 48 from None, 8 from Evangelical Church, 4 from Not found out, 4 from Greek Catholic Church, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Buddhism and 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church.