Smolník,_Gelnica_District

Smolník, Gelnica District

Smolník, Gelnica District

Town in Slovakia

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

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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.[4] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

References

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    "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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    "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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    "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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    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


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