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.
Motnik | |
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 Motnik | |
  Motnik Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| 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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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
editClose 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
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Media related to Motnik at Wikimedia Commons- Motnik on Geopedia
- Motnik.net
- Motnik on Google Maps (map, photographs, street view)
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