Drnovo Explained

Official Name:Drnovo
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 Km2:2.99
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:392
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9197°N 15.4814°W
Elevation M:154.7
Website:http://www.drnovo.si
Footnotes:[1]

Drnovo (in Slovenian pronounced as /dəɾˈnɔːʋɔ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /dəɾˈnoːʋɔ/; German: Dernowo[2]) is a village south of Leskovec in the City Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. It lies just north of the motorway from Ljubljana to Zagreb. 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.[3]

The local church is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Leskovec pri Krškem. It is a Baroque building from the 17th century. Its belfry was made higher in 1907.[4]

History

Neviodunum

Drnovo is the site of the Ancient Roman town of Neviodunum. It was a settlement of the Celtic tribe Latobici and in AD 79 it was granted municipal rights and became Municipium Flavium Latobicorum Neviodunum. It had an excellent location as a river port on the Sava River along the main Roman road connecting Emona and Siscia. The settlement was abandoned in the late 4th or early 5th century. Remains of the settlement, the port, roads, and thermae have been excavated and are now an open-air museum.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/Zgodovin/Repertoriji/Kranjska%201900.pdf Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 74.
  3. http://www.krsko.si Krško municipal site
  4. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?ESD=1964&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  5. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=128 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage