Hnilec
The Hnilec, German: Göllnitz) is a river in Slovakia. Its source is located below the Kráľova hoľa mountain, Low Tatras. It flows into the Hornád river near Margecany.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Slovakia
- Also known as: “Gelnica” and “Gelnicky Potok”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Margecianska línia and Margecany.
Margecianska línia
Protected area
Photo: Petr Kinšt, CC BY 4.0.
Margecianska línia is a protected area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margecany and Jaklovce.
Margecany
Village
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Margecany is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Total municipality population was, in 2011, 1964 inhabitants.
Jaklovce
Village
Veľký Folkmár
Village
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veľký Folkmár is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Veľký Folkmár is situated 3½ km south of Hnilec.
Hnilec
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Košice Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Hnilec” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Hnilec”
- Catalan: “Hnilec”
- Cebuano: “Hnilec”
- Chinese: “赫尼莱茨河”
- Chinese: “赫尼萊茨河”
- Czech: “Hnilec”
- Danish: “Hnilec”
- Dutch: “Hnilec”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هنيليك”
- French: “Hnilec”
- German: “Hnilec”
- Greek: “Χνιλέτς”
- Hungarian: “Gölnic”
- Irish: “Hnilec”
- Japanese: “フニレツ”
- Lithuanian: “Hnilecas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hnilec”
- Polish: “Hnilec”
- Romanian: “Râul Hnilec”
- Russian: “Гнилец”
- Slovak: “Hnilec”
- Ukrainian: “Гнилець”
- Venetian: “Fiume Hnilec”
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Notable Places Nearby
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