Bizeljsko

Coordinates: 46°0′56.9″N 15°41′24.98″E / 46.015806°N 15.6902722°E / 46.015806; 15.6902722
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Bizeljsko
Wisell
Styria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBrežice
Area
 • Total10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Elevation
177.9 m (583.7 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total662
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
[1]

Bizeljsko (pronounced

Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlets of Bošt, Nimnik, Gradišče (German: Gradischberg[2]), Župjek, Spodnja Sušica (German: Untersuschitz[2]), Zgornja Sušica (German: Obersuschitz[2]), Janežičeva Gorca (German: Johannesberg[2]), Vrhovnica, and Vitna Vas (Slovene: Vitna vas).[4]

Church

The

Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is a Baroque building, erected between 1725 and 1737 on the site of an older structure of which only part of the belfry remains.[5] Anton Martin Slomšek was a curate in Bizeljsko between 1825 and 1827. A second church northwest of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and is a 17th-century building that was vaulted in the 18th century.[6]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b c d e Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. pp. 6–7.
  3. ^ Brežice municipal site
  4. ^ Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 22.
  5. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2879
  6. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2881

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