Smolník, Gelnica District

Location of Gelnica District in the Košice Region

Smolník 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.^[1]

Refererences

↑ 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.

External links

8: Košice Region in Slovakia

Municipalities of Gelnica District

Gelnica Helcmanovce Henclová Hrišovce Jaklovce Kluknava Kojšov Margecany Mníšek nad Hnilcom Nálepkovo Prakovce Richnava Smolnícka Huta Smolník Stará Voda Švedlár Úhorná Veľký Folkmár Závadka Žakarovce

Coordinates: 48°44′N 20°44′E / 48.733°N 20.733°E / 48.733; 20.733

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 123796057 GND: 4422044-3

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