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Smolník, Gelnica District

Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

Etymology

Smolník, originally Schmöllnitz, is a municipality in eastern Slovakia in the historic Spiš 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 – Schmöllnitz – later Smolník via phonetic transcription.

Population

It has a population of  people (31 December ).

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