Ržišče, Kostanjevica na Krki

Ržišče
Ržišče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°49′33.14″N 15°22′54.68″E / 45.8258722°N 15.3818556°E / 45.8258722; 15.3818556Coordinates: 45°49′33.14″N 15°22′54.68″E / 45.8258722°N 15.3818556°E / 45.8258722; 15.3818556
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Kostanjevica na Krki
Area
  Total 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation 409.9 m (1,344.8 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 22
[1]

Ržišče (pronounced [əɾˈʒiːʃtʃɛ]; German: Arschische[2]) is a settlement in the foothills of the Gorjanci Hills in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

The local church is dedicated to the Mary Magdalene and belongs to the Parish of Kostanjevica na Krki. It is a 13th-century Late Romanesque building with a rectangular nave with a flat ceiling and a barrel-vaulted sanctuary.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 70.
  3. Kostanjevica na Krki municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1913

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