Motnik
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
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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.
Country
Slovenia
SloveniaElevation428.2 m (1,405 ft)
Motnik | |
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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 (1,405 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]
