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]

References

  1. ↑ 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

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


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