SK:
Dnesna obec Henclova ma tvar pismena "V" s
ramenami vo dvoch udoliach, 
ale v stredoveku to boli
dve sidla: poddanska dedina Henclova (kedysi Hanzlova, Henslowa,
Henczfalwa - Huta) v zapadnej casti a banske mestecko Ticha Voda
(kedysi Stillbach, Lassupatak) vo vychodnej casti - preto vas tu
mozno prekvapi, ze dnes v dedine su dva rimskokatolicke kostoly a
dva cintoriny. 
Henclovski poddani
patrili k panstvu hradu Krasna Horka - v stredoveku boli ich
vlastnikmi Bebekovci.V Stilbachu, zalozenom v roku 1344 ako mesto,
slobodni banici dolovali medenu rudu, ktoru obchodnici vozili do
Gdanska a odtial lodami do zapadnej Europy. Uz v roku 1435 tu
zriadili aj urad banskeho majstra, ktory na tazbu dozeral a riesil
spory. Mestecko prekvitalo az do konca roku 1556, kedy ho prepadli,
vyvrazdili a vypalili Bebekovci - podla tunajsej legendy vraj z
pomsty za to, ze stilbasski mladenci hodili mladeho Bebeka do
studne, lebo sa im nepacilo, ze im chodil za dievcatami. Zachranilo
sa len malo ludi, ale aj ti vypaleny Stilbach opustili a usadili sa
v okoli. Az v polovici 18. storocia sa tu usadili novi obyvatelia
zo severneho Spisa (Zamagurie, Lendak), ktori sa zaoberali najma
vyrobou dreveneho uhlia pre huty, banictvom a pastierstvom.
V roku 1787 tu zilo 214
ludi v 27 domoch. V roku 1800 postavili v dedine mlyn, koncom 19.
storocia si uz obe dediny - Henclova i Stilbach - spolu platili
ucitela pre miestnu cirkevnu skolu. Mnoho ludi islo zarabat aj do
Ameriky, ale mnohi sa s peniazmi vratili domov - v roku 1888
postavili novy kostol. Pri jeho stavbe nasli kopu kosti (mozno zo
stredovekeho hromadneho hrobu?). V roku 1912 zriadili uzkokolajnu
zeleznicu z Henclovej na pilu do Nalepkova (vtedy Vondrisel). Po 1.
svetovej vojne banictvo v okoli Stilbachu celkom zaniklo, v roku
1925 sa obe obce spojili pod spolocnym nazvom Henclova. Tazili
drevo, chovali dobytok a pestovali najma zemiaky a lan. Pocas 2.
svetovej vojny viaceri podporovali partizanov, preto tu Nemci na
zaver roku 1944 na vystrahu popravili troch zajatych partizanov -
tychto pochovali v kute stilbasskeho cintorina a v roku 1959 im v
obci postavili pamatnik.
Dnes tu byva malo stalych obyvatelov, vacsinu drevenic vyuzivaju
chalupari. Su tu vynikajuce podmienky na odpocinok: ziaden
priemysel, huste lesy, bohate na huby 
a malo dopravy, kedze tu
hradska konci. Preto, ak pridete autom, zaparkujte ho na namesticku
pri kostole a prejdite sa aspon kusok peso - hore k cintorinu, kde
najdete aj stare liatinove nahrobne krize. Odtial je pekny vyhlad
na henclovsku dolinu a par krokov ku keske ...
EN:
The village Henclova today is in the shape of a
"V" situated in two valleys, but in the Middle Ages there were two
sites: a villein village Henclova (mentioned as Hanzlova, Henslowa.
Henczfalwa Huta) in the western part and a mining town Ticha Voda /
Silent Creek (once Stillbach, Lassupatak) in the eastern part -
perhaps it could be surprising now, that in one village there are
two roman-catholic churches and two cemeteries as well. The
bondsmen from Henclova belonged to the estates of the castle Krasna
Horka - its medieval owner was the Bebek family. In Stilbach,
founded in 1344 as a town, the free miners worked in copper mines,
the cupriferous ore was delivered by tradesmen via Gdansk to
countries in western Europe. In 1435 a mining master office was
established here with rights of supervising the mining and deciding
of cases. The small town prospered until the end of 1556, when the
Bebeks attacked it, exterminated and burned it down - according to
a local folk tale as a revenge: some time ago the lads from
Stilbach threw the Bebek junior into a well, because they disliked
the fact that he had dated their maids. Just a few people survived
the attack so they left the destroyed place and moved to other
sites. New settlers came here in the middle of the 18th century
from nothern parts of the Spis region (Zamagurie, Lendak), they
were occupied with producing charcoal in piles for the smelters and
worked as miners and shepherds. In 1787 in 27 houses there were 214
inhabitants. In 1800 a mill was built, at the end of the 19th
century the two villages together paid a teacher for the local
church school. A lot of people went for job to America, and they
returned with the money - so in 1888 the new church was built.
During the building a large amount of human bones was found
(perhaps rests from the medieval mass-grave?). In 1912 a
narrow-gauge railway from the village to the saw-mill in Nalepkovo
(former Vondrisel) was built. After WW1 the minig came in this area
to an end, in 1925 the two villages connected together as Henclova.
The people were occupied with timber harvesting, cattle breeding,
potatoes and linen production. During the WW2 they supported the
partisans and therefor the German soldiers executed here at the end
of 1944 three partisan captives - they were buried in the corner of
the Stilbach cemetery and in 1959 a memorial dedicated to them was
built here.Today the village has only a few
permanent residents, the majority of the timber-cottages belongs to
citymen, who come just for holidays. There are wonderful conditions
for leisure: no industry, deep forests rich on mushrooms, lack of
traffic - the road ends here. Because of that - if you visit
Stilbach by car, take the small parking area close to the church
and have a small walk to the cemetery on foot you can visit some
old ironwork-crosses too. There you can find a nice view to the
Henclova valley and just a few steps to the cache ...
Lit.: Lendacky, Anton: Historia dediny Henclova,
1998, 39 str.