Golče

Golče
Golče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°7′18.47″N 14°55′7″E / 46.1217972°N 14.91861°E / 46.1217972; 14.91861Coordinates: 46°7′18.47″N 14°55′7″E / 46.1217972°N 14.91861°E / 46.1217972; 14.91861
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Central Sava
Municipality Zagorje ob Savi
Area
  Total 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Elevation 700.9 m (2,299.5 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 36
[1]

Golče (pronounced [ˈɡoːu̯tʃɛ]; in older sources also Goliše,[2] German: Goltsche[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlet of Vežnica (German: Weschniza)[2] north of the main settlement.[4]

The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter and belongs to the Parish of Sveta Gora. It is a Gothic building that was restyled in the Baroque in 1703.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 3 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 96–97.
  3. Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 452.
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2369

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