Petrinci Explained

Official Name:Petrinci
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Sodražica
Area Total Km2:0.81
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:32
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7519°N 14.5937°W
Elevation M:848
Postal Code:1317
Footnotes:[1]

Petrinci (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɛˈtɾiːntsi/) is a settlement in the hills west of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

Together with the villages of Betonovo, Kračali, Janeži, and Kržeti it comprises the community and Parish of Gora nad Sodražico, also known as Gora.[3]

The local church is dedicated to the Our Lady of the Snows. It was a medieval chapel to which a nave was added in the 18th 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. http://www.sodrazica.si/sl/informacija.asp?id_meta_type=54 Sodražica municipal site
  3. V.P. 1966. "Zakaj pa ne turizem na Gori?" Dolenjski list 17, no. 25 (848) (30 June), p. 14.
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage