Veniše Explained

Official Name:Veniše
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:Krško
Area Total Km2:1.56
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:229
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9289°N 15.4657°W
Elevation M:162.9
Postal Code:8273
Footnotes:[1]

Veniše (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʋɛˈniːʃɛ/) is a settlement southwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]

There is a small chapel-shrine in the southwest of the village. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in 1930.[3]

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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.krsko.si Krško municipal site
  3. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage