Kežmarok

Ľubica lies beside the stream of the same name near Kežmarok in the Spiš region. German settlers joined an older Slavic village after the Mongol invasion, and King Stephen V granted the community town rights in 1271. It received a weekly market in 1364 and later acquired annual fairs. From 1412 to 1772 Ľubica was among the Spiš towns pledged by the Hungarian crown to Poland. Its clothmakers, weavers, shoemakers and many other craftsmen organized themselves into guilds, giving the town a varied craft life.