Official Name: | Brezje |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Zagorje ob Savi |
Area Total Km2: | 2.26 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 143 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1788°N 14.9246°W |
Elevation M: | 643.2 |
Postal Code: | 1413 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Brezje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾeːzjɛ/) is a settlement north of Izlake in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[2]
Brezje was attested in written sources as Pirkch in 1433 and Bresya in 1485, among other spellings.[3]
A small Neo-Gothic chapel-shrine at the crossroads in the centre of the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates to 1890 and was renovated in 1997.[4]