Podgorci, Ormož Explained

Official Name:Podgorci
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ormož
Area Total Km2:2.96
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:519
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4243°N 16.0527°W
Elevation M:210.1
Footnotes:[1]

Podgorci (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔdˈɡoːɾtsi/, German: Podgorzen[2]) is a village west of Velika Nedelja in the Municipality of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

The local parish church is built on a small hill above the settlement and is dedicated to Saint Leonard. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1519 and was vaulted in the late 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. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 228.
  3. http://www.ormoz.si Ormož municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage