Dolnja Prekopa Explained

Official Name:Dolnja Prekopa
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:Kostanjevica na Krki
Area Total Km2:1.12
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:236
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8537°N 15.3811°W
Elevation M:158
Postal Code:8311
Footnotes:[1]

Dolnja Prekopa (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈdoːlnja ˈpɾeːkɔpa/; in older sources also Dolenje Prekope,[2] German: Unterprekope[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

There is a small chapel-shrine in the village. It was built in the early 20th century.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 72.
  3. http://www.kostanjevica.si/ Kostanjevica na Krki municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage