Motnik

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
Motnik
Motnik
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Area
  Total2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation
428.2 m (1,404.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total163
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Churches

Saint George's Church

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

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]

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References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.
  3. Slovenian Tourist Board site


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