Smolník, Gelnica District
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| name = Smolník
| other_name = Schmöllnitz
| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image_shield = Coa Slovakia Town Szomolnok.svg
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| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Košice Region}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Gelnica District
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Smolník in the Košice Region##Location of Smolník in Slovakia
| coordinates = {{coord|48.73|N|20.73|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}
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| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1327
| area_total_km2 = 68.97
| elevation_m = 567
| population_as_of = {{abbr|2021|Population: 2021-12-31. Population density & Total area: 2021-06-30/-07-01. Elevation, Postal code & Area code (last updated): 2015-04-17.}}
| population_total = 955
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| blank_name = Car plate
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| website = {{URL|https://www.smolnik.sk/}}
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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. {{langx|sk|smola}} – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected.{{cite book | editor1-first = Martin | editor1-last = Štefánik | editor2-first = Ján | editor2-last = Lukačka | title = Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku | trans-title = Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia | pages = 436, 445 | publisher = Historický ústav SAV | location = Bratislava | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-80-89396-11-5 | language = Slovak | url = http://www.forumhistoriae.sk/e_kniznica/Lexikon-stredovekych-miest.pdf }} It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.
References
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External links
- [http://www.retep.sk/okolie/smolnik/smolnik.php Official page of Smolník] {{in lang|sk}}
- http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/smolnik/smolnik.html
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Category:Villages and municipalities in Gelnica District
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