Smolník
German: Schmöllnitz
Hungarian: Szomolnok
Town
Smolník in 1998
Smolník in 1998
CountrySlovakia
RegionKošice
DistrictGelnica
Area
 • Total68.97[1] km2 (26.63[1] sq mi)
Elevation
567[2] m (1,860[2] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total968[3]
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Area code+421 53[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.[4] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ↑ 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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