Nižný Tvarožec

Municipality in Slovakia

49°21′N 21°11′E / 49.350°N 21.183°E / 49.350; 21.183Country

SlovakiaRegionPrešovDistrictBardejovFirst mentioned1355Area

• Total11.157 km² (4.308 sq mi)Elevation

420 m (1,380 ft)Population

• Total460 • Density41/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

086 02 (pošta Gaboltov)

Area code+421 (0)54Car plateBJWebsitewww.niznytvarozec.sk

Nižný Tvarožec is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1355.

The village is best known in the English-speaking world as the ancestral village of the American novelist Thomas Bell (1903—1961). His popular 1941 novel Out of This Furnace is the story of three generations of a family, starting with their migration in 1881 from Austria-Hungary to the United States, and finishing with World War II. The novel's title refers to the central role of the steel mill in the family's life and in the history of the Pittsburgh region.