Smolník, Gelnica District

Smolník
Schmöllnitz
Smolník
Location of Smolník in the Košice Region
Smolník
Location of Smolník in Slovakia
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
 • Total
68.97 km2 (26.63 sq mi)
Elevation567 m (1,860 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
955
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
556 6[2]
Area code+421 53[2]
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.[4] 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. ^ a b c "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.