SmolnÃÂk (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Koà ¡ice Region of eastern Slovakia.
SmolnÃÂk, originally Schmöllnitz, is a municipality in eastern Slovakia in the historic Spià ¡ region, founded by German settlers. The first written evidence of settlement by German miners dates back to the 13th century (1225).
German word schmelzen means melt, as there were smelters in the valley, formerly in dialect schmöllzen â Schmöllnitz â later SmolnÃÂk via phonetic transcription.
It has a population ofÃÂ people (31 December ).