Official Name: | Dolenje Jezero |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Cerknica |
Area Total Km2: | 5.3 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 240 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.7774°N 14.3586°W |
Elevation M: | 553.4 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Dolenje Jezero (in Slovenian pronounced as /dɔˈleːnjɛ ˈjeːzɛɾɔ/; German: Unterseedorf[2]) is a village on the northern edge of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The name Dolenje Jezero means 'lower lake' and is a semantic contrast to the neighboring village of Gorenje Jezero (literally, 'upper lake'), which stands about 20m (70feet) higher in elevation. Like other villages named Jezero, the name refers to a local landscape element—in this case, Lake Cerknica.[4]
The local church in the southwest part of the settlement is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Parish of Cerknica.[5]