Vyšný Skálnik

Village in Slovakia

48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.467°N 19.967°E / 48.467; 19.967Country

SlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictRimavská SobotaFirst mentioned1334Area

• Total5.05^[2] km² (1.95^[2] sq mi)Elevation

236^[3] m (774^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total138^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

980 52^[3]

Area code+421 47^[3]Car plateRSWebsitehttp://www.e-obce.sk/obec/vysnyskalnik/vysny-skalnik.html

Vyšný Skálnik (Hungarian: Felsősziklás) 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.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.