Spi ské Bystré (Hungarian: Hernádfalu, German: Kuhbach) is a large village and municipality in Poprad District in the Pre ov Region of northern Slovakia.In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1294.The municipality lies at an elevation of 674 metres (2,211 ft) and covers an area of 38.031 km² (14.684 mi²). It has a population of about 2400 people. Poprad District (okres Poprad) is a district in the Pre ov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was almost entirely part of the Hungarian county of Spi , apart from two small areas in the west, around Vysoké Tatry, trba and Liptovská Tepli ka (county of Liptov) and around Vernár (county of Gemer a Malohont).