Gelnica

Gelnica (, ) is a town in the Košice Region of Eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 6,076.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Gelnica
Slovak place.other_name: Gölnicbánya
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Gelnica Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie-1.JPG
Slovak place.image_flag: Gelnica-gelnica-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Gelnica.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Gelnica District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption

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Names
Geography
History
Sights
Population
Ethnicity
Religion
Twin towns — sister cities
Notable people
See also
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Gelnica (, ) is a town in the Košice Region of Eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 6,076.

==Names== The name comes from the name of the river Hnilec derived from Slavic word hnilý (rotten). The initial g in the German form Göllnitz indicates that the name was adopted by Germans before the spirantisation of Slavic g to h in Slovak (around the 12th century). The current Slovak name Gelnica comes from this secondary German form. The Hungarian Gölnicbánya (bánya – mine) refers to the town's mining activity.