Gelnica
Sign in to saveGelnica (, ) 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
- Location of Gelnica in the Košice Region##Location of Gelnica in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Dušan Tomaško
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1246
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 365
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Names
- Geography
- History
- Sights
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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