Reteče Explained

Official Name:Reteče
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Škofja Loka
Area Total Km2:1.43
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:368
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1583°N 14.3694°W
Elevation M:351.9
Footnotes:[1]

Reteče (pronounced as /sl/; German: Retetsche[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Evangelist.[3] It was first mentioned in documents from 1501, but was rebuilt a number of times.[4]

External links

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. 62.
  3. http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=81743 Official Government Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, 30 July 2007, Declaration of the Church in Reteče as a cultural monument
  4. http://www.retece.com/zupnija Reteče Parish website