Motnik
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
46°12′58.17″N 14°53′25.72″E / 46.2161583°N 14.8904778°E / 46.2161583; 14.8904778![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/25px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png)
(2002)
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.
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
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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Municipality of Kamnik
Administrative seat: Kamnik
![The location of the Municipality of Kamnik](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Obcine_Slovenija_2006_Kamnik.svg/150px-Obcine_Slovenija_2006_Kamnik.svg.png)
- Big Pasture Plateau
- Kamnik Bistrica Valley
- Kamnik Parish Church
- Little Castle
- Menina Pasture Plateau
- Nevljica
- Snovik Spa
- St. Primus' Church
- Tuhinj Valley
- Tunjice Natural Health Resort
- Volčji Potok Arboretum
- Zaprice Castle