The village of Plavnica is located in the district of Stará ?ubov?a in the area of the Spiš-Šariš borderland, on the border between Spiš and Šariš. The first written mention of the village dates back to 1325. The name of the village was probably derived from the activity that its first inhabitants engaged in, namely rafting on the nearby Poprad river. Europe, Slovakia.