Brezovica na Bizeljskem

Brezovica na Bizeljskem
Brezovica na Bizeljskem

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°0′3.81″N 15°41′20.13″E / 46.0010583°N 15.6889250°E / 46.0010583; 15.6889250Coordinates: 46°0′3.81″N 15°41′20.13″E / 46.0010583°N 15.6889250°E / 46.0010583; 15.6889250
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
  Total 1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Elevation 181.1 m (594.2 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 110
[1]

Brezovica na Bizeljskem (pronounced [ˈbɾeːzɔʋitsa na biˈzeːlskɛm]; in older sources also Brezje,[2] German: Birkdorf[2]) is a settlement south of Bizeljsko in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Gmajna, Stari Dom, Zaklen, and Kokotinjek.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Brezovica to Brezovica na Bizeljskem in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Birkdorf.[2]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 3 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 6–7.
  3. Brežice municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 24.
  5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

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