Podgorje pri Pišecah

Coordinates: 45°59′42.99″N 15°39′46″E / 45.9952750°N 15.66278°E / 45.9952750; 15.66278
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Podgorje pri Pišecah
Styria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBrežice
Area
 • Total6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Elevation
180.7 m (592.8 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total187
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
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Podgorje pri Pišecah (pronounced

Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]

Geography

Podgorje pri Pišecah is a scattered settlement extending from the Dramlja Valley in the southeast to the Orlica Hills in the northwest, rising to the village's highest point at Big Peak (Slovene: Veliki vrh, 698 meters or 2,290 feet). It includes the hamlets of Banovec (German: Wukanitz), Brestovec, Debevec, Dramlje, Gradec, Kočni Dol, Okrog, Perdislovec (German: Perdislowetz), Vrh, Zagajca, and Zibot(i) (German: Sibot).[3] Most of the settlement lies along the road from Pišece to Bizeljsko and on side roads extending into the vineyards.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Podgorje to Podgorje pri Pišecah in 1953.[5]

History

During the Second World War, the

Ustaša forces attacked the village, burning three farms and the village wine cellar.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Brežice municipal site
  3. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 9.
  4. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 42.
  5. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

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