Official Name: | Brezje v Podbočju |
Other Name: | Brezje (until 1953) |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Krško |
Area Total Km2: | 1.91 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 42 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8372°N 15.4916°W |
Elevation M: | 532.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Brezje v Podbočju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾéːzjɛ ʍ pɔdˈbóːtʃju/) is a small settlement in the Gorjanci Mountains in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]
Brezje v Podbočju was attested in written sources as Briecz in 1360 and Piͤrch in 1376, among other spellings.[3] The name of the settlement was changed from Brezje to Brezje v Podbočju in 1953.[4]
A small chapel-shrine in the eastern part of the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in the early 20th century.[5]