Vyšný Skálnik

Vyšný Skálnik
Felsősziklás
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in the Banská Bystrica Region
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.47°N 19.97°E / 48.47; 19.97
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictRimavská Sobota District
First mentioned1334
Area
  Total
5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation
236 m (774 ft)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
141
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
980 52
Area code+421 47
Car plateRS

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.