court on the area of the secondary grammar school and the IN-LINE park. Twin towns — sister cities Krompachy is twinned with: Békéscsaba, Hungary Gaszowice, Poland Nădlac, Romania Ozimek, Poland Rýmařov, Czech Republic Notable people from Krompachy Vavrinec Koch (1442–1475) humanist scientist, professor of the Universitas Istropolitana and Vienna University, philosopher and theologian Július Gundlefinger (1833–1894) Spis and Šaris landscape painter, nobleman Zeno Csaky (1840–1905) head of the Spis administration from 1896 Ľudovit Tetmajer (; 1850–1905) technician, inventor, university professor, and construction expert Július Mauer (1896–1961) politician and prime minister Tibor Honty (1907–1968) internationally renowned photographer Jozef Fabini (1908–1984) painter and art historian Július Barč-Ivan (1909–1953) dramatist, writer and publicist Mikuláš Šprinc (1914–1985) poet, founder of Catholic modernism, educationalist, writer, and translator Ludwig Eisenberg (1916–2006) holocaust survivor Bartolomej Urbanec (1918–1983) composer, folklorist, conductor of SĽUK and Lúčnica orchestras Jozef Hodorovský (1921-2005) actor and educationalist Ján Kvasnička (1927) professor, historian, chancellor of the Comenius University in Bratislava Ondrej Lenárd (1942) world-famous conductor, director of leading Slovak orchestras, conductor of the Tokio Shynsei Nippon Symphony Orchestra Milan Pazout (1948) olympian, world champion in all alpine ski disciplines References External links Everything about table tennis in Krompachy Cities and towns in Slovakia Spiš