Motnik | |
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Motnik | |
Coordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
Municipality | Kamnik |
Area | |
• Total | 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 428.2 m (1,404.9 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 163 |
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Motnik (pronounced [mɔˈtniːk]; German: Möttnig[2]) is a village in the Tuhinj Valley in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Churches
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The parish church in Motnik is dedicated to Saint George and is a Baroque building with 19th-century furnishings. Close by is a smaller church, the chapel of Mary Magdalene.
Pygmy rhinoceros
[edit]Close to the settlement is also an abandoned brown coal mine in which the fossilized remains of a pygmy rhinoceros were discovered in 1910. They were found to be 25 million years old and are now displayed in a small museum in the village.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.
- ^ Slovenian Tourist Board site
External links
[edit]Media related to Motnik at Wikimedia Commons
- Motnik on Geopedia
- Motnik.net
- Motnik on Google Maps (map, photographs, street view)