Official Name: | Prapreče |
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: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Žužemberk |
Area Total Km2: | 1.05 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 75 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8356°N 14.9219°W |
Elevation M: | 221.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Prapreče (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpɾaːpɾɛtʃɛ/; German: Prapretsche[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Krka River immediately northwest of Žužemberk itself. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
There are two mills on the left bank of the Krka River in the southwestern part of Prapreče. The Vehovec Grain Mill and Sawmill (Vehovčev mlin in žaga) dates from about 1800 and is housed in the lower part of a two-story building. The grain mill operated in it for 200 years before it was removed in 1980. The sawmill had a Venetian frame saw that stopped working in 1950 and was removed. The millrace and sluice have been preserved.[4] The Zajc Mill (Zajčev mlin) stands immediately southeast of the Vehovec Mill in a building that dates to the first quarter of the 19th century but has been remodeled several times. It contains two old-fashioned sets of millstones and a roller mill, and it stands nest to a small hydroelectric station with a radial Francis turbine.[5]