Bizeljska Vas Explained

Official Name:Bizeljska Vas
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Lower Sava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Brežice
Area Total Km2:1.38
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:43
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.0434°N 15.6951°W
Elevation M:305.8
Footnotes:[1]

Bizeljska Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /biˈzeːlska ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Bizeljska vas, German: Wiselldorf[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills north of Bizeljsko. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlets of Ciglanca (in older sources also Ciglonca,[2] German: Ziegelstätte[2]), Prekošnica, Stičnica, Maslarjev Breg, Podgrad, and Sračjek.[4]

Castle

Bizeljsko Castle is a castle on a hill above the settlement. It was originally built in the 16th and 17th centuries with a number of later additions including two rounded corner towers and a Baroque castle chapel. It has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 6-7.
  3. http://www.brezice.si/ Brežice municipal site
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3 . 1976 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 21-22.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage