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Smolník, Gelnica District

Coordinates: 48°44′N 20°44′E / 48.733°N 20.733°E / 48.733; 20.733
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Smolník
German: Schmöllnitz
Template:Lang-hu
Town
CountrySlovakia
RegionKošice
DistrictGelnica
Area
 • Total68,975 km2 (26,631 sq mi)
Population
 (Dec. 31, 2017)
 • Total1,027
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Websitewww.smolnik.sk

Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

Etymology

The village got its name after the stream Smolník. Slovak: smola – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected.[1] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

References

  1. ^ Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. pp. 436, 445. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5.
8: Košice Region in Slovakia

48°44′N 20°44′E / 48.733°N 20.733°E / 48.733; 20.733


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