Orehovec, Kostanjevica na Krki explained

Official Name:Orehovec
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 Km2:4.91
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:229
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8256°N 15.4202°W
Elevation M:220.7
Postal Code:8311
Footnotes:[1]

Orehovec (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɔˈɾeːxɔʋəts/; in older sources also Orehovica,[2] German: Nußdorf[2]) is a village in the Gorjanci Hills in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in eastern Slovenia. Its territory extends south to the border with Croatia. 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 chapel with a belfry in the settlement. It is dedicated to the Our Lady of the Rosary and was built in the late 19th century.[4]

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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. 70.
  3. http://www.kostanjevica.si/ Kostanjevica na Krki municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage