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Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Motnik
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Motnik is located in SloveniaMotnikMotnikLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°E / 46.2161583; 14.8904778
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityKamnik
Area
 • Total2.27 km (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation428.2 m (1,404.9 ft)
Population
 • Total163

Motnik (pronounced [mɔˈtniːk]; German: Möttnig) is a village in the Tuhinj Valley in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

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.

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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Municipality of Kamnik
SettlementsAdministrative seat: Kamnik
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