Dva roky pripravovaná publikácia Osobnosti Kežmarku (1206 – 2009) uzrela minulý týždeň svetlo sveta. Kniha vychádza na takmer 340 stranách v náklade tritisíc kusov, žiaľ, iba zlomok z celkového počtu sa dostane do priameho predaja, väčšina bude použitá na propagáciu mesta.

The area of Kežmarok was already settled 50 000 years ago. It is proved by the archaeological finds from the early Stone Age up to the period of the Slavonic settling. The Slavonic finds found in the Kežmarok area date back to the 9th and 10th century.

Kežmarok was established by merging several settlements of the original Slavonic inhabitants with a settlement of German colonists (the settlements are first mentioned in 1251), who came after the Tartars´ invasion.