Volčje, Brežice
Place in Styria, Slovenia
45°58′55.06″N 15°34′46.66″E / 45.9819611°N 15.5796278°E / 45.9819611; 15.5796278
Slovenia (2020)
Volčje (pronounced [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]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 10.
- ^ Brežice municipal site
- ^ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 611.
- ^ Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 48.
External links
- Volčje on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Brežice
- Franci Arh
- Ivan Bogovčič
- Nuša Derenda
- Alenka Gerlovič
- Primož Kozmus
- Ivan Molan
- Miloš Poljanšek
- Franc Šetinc
- Barbara Špiler
- Jože Toporišič
- Ivan Živič
