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Starý Smokovec

part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in Slovakia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ371166 ↗
Source-derived summary

Starý Smokovec (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈstari: ˈsmɔkɔvet͡s] ; German: Altschmecks; Hungarian: Ótátrafüred; Polish: Stary Smokowiec) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras.

Starý Smokovec is a popular resort for skiing and hiking. It also forms the junction of the Tatra Electric Railway train line, connecting Poprad, Tatranská Lomnica and Štrbské Pleso.

Amongst the more important buildings in the district are the sanatorium and the Grand Hotel (established in 1904). It is connected by the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular to the small ski resort of Hrebienok at 1285 m.

Rail transport

Lines: 183, 184

Gallery

Further reading

https://web.archive.org/web/20060930145951/http://www.tanap.sk/starysmokovec.html

http://www.vysoketatry.com/obce/ssmokovec/en.html

http://www.vysoketatry.com/mapy/ssmokovecd/ssmokovecd.html - map of the town.

https://web.archive.org/web/20061230105142/http://www.vysoketatry.org/skiing/hrebienok.html - skiing information.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Starý Smokovec” as part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in Slovakia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Starý, Smokovec and part.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1904, 1285—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Starý, Smokovec and part providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Starý Smokovec”, the useful work is to connect “part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in Slovakia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q371166. VIAF identifies the subject as 133889311. The Library of Congress control number is n2002124581. Authority coordinates are 49.138, 20.218. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1904 and 1285.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Starý Smokovec”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Starý Smokovec primary sources, Starý Smokovec archive and Starý research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Starý Smokovec”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Starý Smokovec” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.