Official Name: | Bizeljsko |
Other Name: | Wisell |
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: | 10.27 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 662 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0158°N 15.6903°W |
Elevation M: | 177.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Bizeljsko (in Slovenian pronounced as /biˈzeːlskɔ/; German: Wisell[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. It lies on the right bank of the Sotla River and in terms of its territory is the largest settlement in the Municipality of Brežice. 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 Bošt, Nimnik, Gradišče (German: Gradischberg[2]), Župjek, Spodnja Sušica (German: Untersuschitz[2]), Zgornja Sušica (German: Obersuschitz[2]), Janežičeva Gorca (German: Johannesberg[2]), Vrhovnica, and Vitna Vas (Slovenian: Vitna vas).[4]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is a Baroque building, erected between 1725 and 1737 on the site of an older structure of which only part of the belfry remains.[5] Anton Martin Slomšek was a curate in Bizeljsko between 1825 and 1827. A second church northwest of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and is a 17th-century building that was vaulted in the 18th century.[6]