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(Redirected from Szomolnok) Municipality in Košice Region, Slovakia
Smolník Schmöllnitz
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°44′N 20°44′E / 48.73°N 20.73°E / 48.73; 20.73
Country Slovakia
Region Košice Region
DistrictGelnica District
First mentioned1327
Area
 • Total68.97 km (26.63 sq mi)
Elevation567 m (1,860 ft)
Population
 • Total955
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code556 6
Area code+421 53
Car plateGL
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. It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.

References

  1. "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. ^ "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.

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Municipalities of Gelnica District
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