Volčje, Brežice Explained

Official Name:Volčje
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:Lower Sava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Brežice
Area Total Km2:3.14
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:96
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.982°N 15.5796°W
Elevation M:282.9
Footnotes:[1]

Volčje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʋɔu̯ˈtʃjeː/, German: Woltschje[2]) is a village in the hills north of Brežice in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

History

On 1 July 1936 the boundary at the southern end of Volčje was redrawn, and the village lost 7 houses (28 people) to the adjoining village of Artiče.[4]

Church

There is a small church dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk.[5]

External links

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 . 10.
  3. http://www.brezice.si/ Brežice municipal site
  4. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 611.
  5. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 48.