Vyšný Skálnik

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.

Vyšný Skálnik
Village
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in the Banská Bystrica Region
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Uhrovec in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°28′N 19°58′E
Country Slovakia
RegionBanská Bystrica
DistrictRimavská Sobota
First mentioned1334
Area
  Total5.053 km2 (1.951 sq mi)
Elevation
389 m (1,276 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total155
  Density31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
980 52
Area code(s)+421-47
Car plateRS
Websitehttp://www.e-obce.sk/obec/vysnyskalnik/vysny-skalnik.html


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