Smolník, Gelnica District Explained

Smolník
Other Name:Schmöllnitz
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gelnica District
Pushpin Map:Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Smolník in the Košice Region##Location of Smolník in Slovakia
Coordinates:48.73°N 20.73°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1327
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:68.97
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:567
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:955
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:556 6
Area Code:+421 53
Blank Name:Car plate
Blank Info:GL

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. sk|smola – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected.[4] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  2. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  4. Book: Martin . Štefánik . Ján . Lukačka . Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku . Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia . 436, 445 . Historický ústav SAV . Bratislava . 2010 . 978-80-89396-11-5 . Slovak .