{{Infobox Slovak place | name = Sabinov | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Slovakia Sabinov 16.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = Sabinov-sabinov-flag.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Sabinov.svg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Prešov Region}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Sabinov District <!-- maps and coordinates --> | pushpin_map = Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sabinov in the Prešov Region##Location of Sabinov in Slovakia | coordinates = {{coord|49.11|N|21.09|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}} <!-- government --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Peter Molčan | leader_party = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1248 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref> | elevation_m = 333 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 830 1<ref name="base_info"/> | area_code = +421 51<ref name="base_info"/> |registration_plate = SB <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.sabinov.sk/}} }}
'''Sabinov''' ({{Audio|Sabinov (Slovak pronunciation).ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|la|Сibinium}}, {{langx|hu|Kisszeben}}, {{langx|de|Zeben}}) is a small town located in the Prešov Region (north-eastern Slovakia), approximately 20 km from Prešov and 55 km from Košice. The population of Sabinov is 12,700.
== Geography == {{Slovak municipality/geo|333|<ref name="base_info"/>}}
==Etymology== The name apparently comes from some shortened Slavic personal name, e.g. ''Soba'', ''Sobin'', ''Sobina'' (probably a short form of Soběslav).<ref name = "lexicon">{{cite book | author-first = Pavol | author-last = Hudáček | editor1-first = Martin | editor1-last = Štefánik | editor2-first = Ján | editor2-last = Lukačka | title = Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku | trans-title = Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia | chapter = Sabinov | pages = 404 | publisher = Historický ústav SAV | location = Bratislava | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-80-89396-11-5 | language = Slovak, English | url = http://www.forumhistoriae.sk/e_kniznica/Lexikon-stredovekych-miest.pdf | archive-date = 2014-03-02 | access-date = 2016-11-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140302114716/http://www.forumhistoriae.sk/e_kniznica/Lexikon-stredovekych-miest.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> In Poland, there are documented personal names ''Soba'', ''Zoba'', ''Sobien'' (''Soben'' or ''Sobin''), ''Sobon'' (''Soboń'') and medieval village names ''Szebne'', ''Szobniow''. In the Czech Republic, ''Sobyn'', ''Sobień'', ''Soběn'' and medieval village names ''Sobyenow'', ''Sobíňov'', ''Soběnov''. The theory about the origin in a personal name is supported also by the common Slavic possessive suffix ''-ov'' preserved in later documents. The names ''Zob'', ''Zoba'', ''Zobas'' were used also in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th-13th century, but they may not be related to Soběslav and could be also of Hungarian origin.{{sfn|Hudáček|2010|p=404}}
As legend has it, the name derives from the daughter of the landlord of Tharkveley called ''Szabina'' who would have been the wife of Andrew II of Hungary, and the king built the city in remembrance of her.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t4JXAAAAcAAJ&dq=kisszeben+szabina+tark%C5%91&pg=PA324 András Vályi - Magyar országnak leírása, p. 324-325, 1799]</ref>
1299 ''Scibinio'', 1471 ''Sabinov'', 1518 ''Kiss Zeben''.{{sfn|Hudáček|2010|p=404}}
== History ==
The first written record about Sabinov is from the year 1248 (Sceben).<ref>{{cite book | editor1-first = Martin | editor1-last = Štefánik | editor2-first = Ján | editor2-last = Lukačka | title = Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku | trans-title = Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia | chapter = Sabinov | publisher = Historický ústav SAV | location = Bratislava | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-80-89396-11-5 | language = Slovak, English | url = http://www.forumhistoriae.sk/e_kniznica/Lexikon-stredovekych-miest.pdf | page = 404 | archive-date = 2014-03-02 | access-date = 2016-11-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140302114716/http://www.forumhistoriae.sk/e_kniznica/Lexikon-stredovekych-miest.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> Sabinov was initially a Slovak village{{sfn|Štefánik|Lukačka|2010|p=410}} until German settlers (more specifically Zipsers) came in the middle of the 13th century.{{sfn|Štefánik|Lukačka|2010|p=410}} In 1299 Sabinov received municipal privileges, and in 1405 it was declared a free royal town by king Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} In the 15th century Sabinov joined the Pentapolitana, an alliance of five towns of northeastern Kingdom of Hungary (Bardejov/Bártfa, Levoča/Lőcse, Košice/Kassa, Prešov/Eperjes and Sabinov/Kisszeben).{{sfn|Štefánik|Lukačka|2010|p=409}} The 16th and 17th century was the era of Sabinov's development and economic growth followed by the years of recession.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} In 1740, an important secondary school was established by the Piarists.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} The history of Sabinov is very similar to the history of other towns in this region.
== Population == {{historical population|1970|6470|1980|7948|1991|10657|2001|12290|2011|12710|2021|12349|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}} {{Slovak municipality|pop}}
It has a population of {{Slovak municipality|p}} people (31 December {{Slovak municipality|y}}).{{Slovak municipality|P}}
=== Ethnicity === {{Slovak municipality|etno}}
The town is home to a significant Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 17% of the local population, or 2115 people, mainly concentrated in two settlements.<ref>Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, ''Atlas rómskych komunít 2019''. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, {{ISBN|978-80-224-1874-4}}, database appendix available at:https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/ark2019</ref>
=== Religion === {{Slovak municipality|relig}}
=== Historical === According to the 1880 census, the town had 2,825 inhabitants, 2,088 Slovaks (73.9%), 245 Hungarians (8.7%), 412 Germans (14.6%) and others.<ref>{{cite book | title = Historicko-demografický lexikón obcí Slovenska 1880{{--}}1910 | first = Juraj | last = Majo | publisher = Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky | page = 122 | location = Bratislava | year = 2012 | url = https://slovak.statistics.sk/PortalTraffic/fileServlet?Dokument=d1e32d14-93b0-4a12-9dc1-eced7bec606a | isbn = 978-80-8121-222-2 }}</ref>
According to the 1910 census, the town had 3,288 inhabitants, 1,640 Slovaks (49.9%), 1,168 Hungarians (35.5%), 341 Germans (10.4%), 120 Romanians (3.6%), and others.{{sfn|Majo|2012|p=830}}
According to the 2001 census, the town had 12,290 inhabitants. 90.62% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 6.40% Roma, 0.48% Czechs, and 0.14% Rusyns. Most of the Hungarians and Carpathian-Germans were expelled after World War II and their houses confiscated in the "Slovakization" of Sabinov.<ref name="statistics">{{cite web|title = Municipal Statistics|publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic|url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html|access-date = 2007-12-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-16}}</ref>{{Failed verification|reason=Not in source. Own research? | date=November 2016}} The religious makeup was 70.48% Roman Catholics, 10.53% Greek Catholics, 5.14% people with no religious affiliation and 4.16% Lutherans.<ref name="statistics"/>
==''The Shop on Main Street''== The acclaimed Czechoslovak film, ''The Shop on Main Street'', which was shot in Sabinov during 1964, was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (of 1965) in Santa Monica, California in 1966. In 1967 the film's lead actress, Ida Kamińska, was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for her screen work in this motion picture. She and the lead actor, Jozef Kroner, were also honored at the Cannes Film Festival in France for their roles in the film.
==Notable people== {{See also|Category:People from Sabinov|Category:People from Sabinov District}} *Károly Wagner (1732–1790), Hungarian historian, priest and teacher *Ede Bartsch (1796–1871), Hungarian physician *Bohuš Nosák-Nezabudov (1818–1877), poet, writer, journalist, member of Ľudovít Štúr's group * Illés Trangus (Sabinov, 1704 – Miskolc, 1761) physician *Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919), famous painter, born in Sabinov *Pavol Peter Gojdič (1888–1960), Greek Catholic bishop, since 1917 worked in Sabinov as an assistant parish priest; in 2001 was beatified by Pope John-Paul II. *Anton Prídavok (1904–1945), poet, writer, playwright, director *Leslie Lawrance Foldy(1919–2001) was a theoretical physicist,
==Twin towns — sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}
Sabinov is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Úvodná strana|url=https://sabinov.sk/|website=sabinov.sk|publisher=Sabinov|language=sk|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> *{{flagicon|TUR}} Çubuk, Turkey *{{flagicon|HUN}} Kenderes, Hungary *{{flagicon|POL}} Siedlce, Poland *{{flagicon|CZE}} Soběslav, Czech Republic
==External links== *[http://www.sabinov.sk Official site] *{{IMDb title|qid=Q595196|id=tt0059527|title=The Shop on Main Street}}
==References== {{reflist}} {{See also|Szeben}}
{{Sabinov District}} {{Authority control}}
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