Griže, Žalec Explained

Official Name:Griže
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:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Žalec
Area Total Km2:1.4
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:632
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.231°N 15.1543°W
Elevation M:290.6
Footnotes:[1]

Griže (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡɾiːʒɛ/, German: Greis[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Pancras (Slovenian: sveti Pankracij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was a Gothic building from the late 15th century that was rebuilt in 1883.[4]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. Januar 2020.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 36.
  3. http://www.zalec.si Žalec municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  5. Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
  6. Book: Grum . Martin . Slovenski prevajalski leksikon 1550–1945: Poskusni zvezek A–J . 2007 . Društvo slovenskih književnih prevajalcev and Inštitut za kulturno zgodovino ZRC SAZU . Ljubljana . 178.