Kokra (settlement)
| Kokra | |
|---|---|
  Kokra Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′13.51″N 14°30′41.24″E / 46.3370861°N 14.5114556°ECoordinates: 46°20′13.51″N 14°30′41.24″E / 46.3370861°N 14.5114556°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Preddvor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.74 km2 (20.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 898.9 m (2,949.1 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 266 |
| [1] | |
Kokra (pronounced [ˈkoːkɾa]; German: Kanker[2]) is a settlement scattered along a 10 km stretch of the road from Kranj to Jezersko Peak in the Kokra Valley in the Municipality of Preddvor in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was completed in 1797 and dedicated in 1802.[4]
There is also a monument to the local victims of the Second World War in the settlement.[5]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
- ↑ Preddvor municipal site
- ↑ Kokra at Kam.si (Slovene)
- ↑ Official Journal of the Municipality of Preddvor 12(4), 19 October 2006, with list of declared cultural monuments in the municipality
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