Laze pri Predgradu explained

Official Name:Laze pri Predgradu
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:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kočevje
Area Total Km2:1.98
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:10
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.4967°N 15.0175°W
Elevation M:245.7
Postal Code:8342
Footnotes:[1]

Laze pri Predgradu (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈláːzɛ pɾi ˈpɾéːdɡɾadu/; German: Geräuth[2]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Laze to Laze pri Predgradu in 1955.[4] In the past the German name was Geräuth.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Parish of Stari Trg ob Kolpi. It is a late Romanesque single-naved building with a rounded apse and a belfry that was greatly rebuilt and refurbished over the centuries.[5]

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. 4.
  3. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage