Dolnja Briga
Dolnja Briga | |
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Dolnja Briga Location in Slovenia | |
Coordinates: 45°31′20.05″N 14°49′8.3″E / 45.5222361°N 14.818972°ECoordinates: 45°31′20.05″N 14°49′8.3″E / 45.5222361°N 14.818972°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
Municipality | Kočevje |
Area | |
• Total | 8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 610.6 m (2,003.3 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 17 |
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Dolnja Briga (pronounced [ˈdoːlnja ˈbɾiːɡa]; in older sources also Dolenja Briga,[2] German: Niedertiefenbach[2][3]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]
The local church was dedicated to Saint Valentine, but only minor ruins remain of the building that was removed in 1954.[5]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.
- ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ↑ Kočevje municipal site
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1648
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