Vyšný Skálnik

Vyšný Skálnik
Village
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica
District Rimavská Sobota
Elevation 389 m (1,276 ft)
Coordinates SK 48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.467°N 19.967°E / 48.467; 19.967Coordinates: SK 48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.467°N 19.967°E / 48.467; 19.967
Area 5.053 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population 155 (2011)
Density 31/km2 (80/sq mi)
First mentioned 1334
Postal code 980 52
Area code +421-47
Car plate RS
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in Slovakia
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in the Banská Bystrica Region
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/vysnyskalnik/vysny-skalnik.html

Vyšný Skálnik is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. Now more or less tourist village with a water reservoir, constructed in the 1970s and now a place for fishing, in winter a skating rink. In the village neighbourhood are chalets and cottages, where their owners from Bratislava, but also other Slovak cities take their rest. It is a birthplace of a poet of Štúr generation, Ján Botto. The village hosts its museum, statue and a plaque on the house where he was born.


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