Smolník, Gelnica District
Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Smolník
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| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Košice |
| District | Gelnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68,975 km2 (26,631 sq mi) |
| Population (Dec. 31, 2017) | |
| • Total | 1,027 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | www.smolnik.sk |
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
- 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.
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