Official Name: | Brezno |
Other Name: | Fresen |
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: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Podvelka |
Area Total Km2: | 5.01 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 472 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5909°N 15.3208°W |
Elevation M: | 317.4 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Brezno (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾeːznɔ/) is a settlement on the left bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Podvelka in Slovenia.[2]
The local parish church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1161 and 1184 and is Romanesque and early Gothic in its origins. The belfry was added in 1671. The internal furnishings are Baroque.[3]