| Gelnica | |
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 Main square of Gelnica
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| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Region | Košice |
| District | Gelnica |
| River | Hnilec |
| Elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
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| Area | 57. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Košice Region (Slovak Košický Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. Gelnica District ( okres Gelnica) is a district inthe Košice Hnilec may refer to Hnilec (village, Slovakia Hnilec River The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 652 km² (22. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 26 sq mi) |
| Population | 6,171 (31 December 2005) |
| Density | 107 /km² (277 /sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1276 |
| Mayor | Anna Nemčíková |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 056 01 |
| Area code | +421-53 |
| Car plate | GL |
   Location of Gelnica in Slovakia
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  Location of Gelnica in the Košice Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Gelnica | |
| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | |
| Website: www.gelnica.sk | |
Gelnica (German: Göllnitz, Hungarian: Gölnicbánya) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Since 1997, the Slovak car registration plate number (EČV evidenčné číslo vozidla generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. The Košice Region (Slovak Košický Kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million It has a population of 6,171.
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Geography
It is located in the northern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains, in the Hnilec river valley, which flows few kilometres downstream into Hornád. The Slovenské rudohorie or Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive Mountainous region of Slovakia 's Spiš region within the Carpathians Hnilec may refer to Hnilec (village, Slovakia Hnilec River The town lies at the both banks of Hnilec, has an altitude of 375 m, and is located around 38 km from Košice. Košice (; Hungarian: Kassa; (also known by other alternative names) is a city in eastern Slovakia.
History
Carpathian Germans chiefly from Bavaria began to settle the formerly Slavic settlement during the 13th century. Carpathian Germans (Karpatendeutsche Felvidéki németek Slovak: Karpatskí Nemci) sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German Slowakeideutsche Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 By 1264 it was an established mining town and became a royal mining town of the Kingdom of Hungary by 1276, from where the first mentioned is recorded (as "Gelnic"). The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 For many years Gelnica was a chief mining town in the Spiš region of Slovakia. Spiš (- Slovak; Latin: Scepusium, Zips Szepesség Spisz is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Silver, copper, but also gold, quicksilver, lead and iron ore were mined in the mines.
The German name Göllnitz comes from the Slavic "Gnilec" (Hnilec), from which the new Slovak name Gelnica is derived. The Hungarian Gölnicbánya indicated mining activity in the town.
Sights
The town includes the ruins of a medieval castle, destroyed by a fire in 1685. Other attractions include a Gothic church and Renaissance town hall, both remodelled along Baroque lines, and a mining museum. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the town had 6,404 inhabitants. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 95. 92% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 55% Roma, 0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 84% Germans and 1. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as 02% Czechs. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic [1] The religious makeup was 72. 00% Roman Catholics, 15. 88% people with no religious affiliation, and 4. 03% Lutherans and 3. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther 28 Greek Catholics. This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the Holy See [1]
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References
- ^ a b Municipal Statistics. ( Polish:, Cieszyn Silesian:, Ober Suchau is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Gennep ( is a Municipality and a City in the southeastern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Rudnik nad Sanem (until 1997 Rudnik, רודניק Ridnik) is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Le Pradet is a town and commune in the Var département of southeastern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
External links
- Town website (Slovak)
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