Gerlachov is a village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia, under the High Tatras. It historically bel…Gerlachov is a village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia, under the High Tatras. It historically belongs to the Spiš region. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1326. The village was established by german gold miners, hence the two crossed hammers in the village's coat-of-arms, however, it isn't exactly known when it was established, probably around 1200. The name isn't of certain origin: it could stem from the then mayor of Spišská Sobota, Gerlach, or from a leader of colonizers, or from Geröll, a name for rough stones close to the stream Stará voda.
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