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. – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected. It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945. References External links Official page of Smolník http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/smolnik/smolnik.html Villages and municipalities in Gelnica District