Official Name: | Dolenji Leskovec |
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: | Krško |
Area Total Km2: | 4.95 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 285 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9981°N 15.4542°W |
Elevation M: | 251.1 |
Postal Code: | 8280 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Dolenji Leskovec (in Slovenian pronounced as /dɔˈleːnji lɛˈskɔːʋəts/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /dɔˈleːnji lɛˈskoːʋəts/, German: Haselbach[2]) is a settlement west of Brestanica in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Dolnji Leskovec to Dolenji Leskovec in 1990.[4] It was known as Haselbach in German in the past.[2]
There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was built in the early 20th century.[5]