Lože, Vipava Explained

Official Name:Lože
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:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Vipava
Area Total Km2:1.64
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:215
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8277°N 13.9374°W
Elevation M:139.4
Footnotes:[1]

Lože (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈloːʒɛ/, German: Losche[2]) is a village in the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Vipava in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2] It is now generally regarded as part of the Slovenian Littoral.[3]

Castle

Seventeenth-century Leitenburg Castle (a.k.a. Lože Castle) is located just outside the village.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 140.
  3. http://www.vipava.si Vipava municipal site
  4. http://www.slovenia.info/?arhitekturne_znamenitosti=6509&lng=1 Slovenian Tourist Organisation site