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 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

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]

References

External links

• Media related to Motnik at Wikimedia Commons
• Motnik on Geopedia
• Motnik.net
• Motnik on Google Maps (map, photographs, street view)

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