Zgornja Velka

Zgornja Velka
Village

Postcard of Zgornja Velka
Zgornja Velka

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°40′35.39″N 15°46′13.99″E / 46.6764972°N 15.7705528°E / 46.6764972; 15.7705528Coordinates: 46°40′35.39″N 15°46′13.99″E / 46.6764972°N 15.7705528°E / 46.6764972; 15.7705528
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Šentilj
Area
 • Total 7.96 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Elevation 402.8 m (1,321.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 798
[1]

Zgornja Velka is a dispersed settlement in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice) southeast of Sladki Vrh in the Municipality of Šentilj in northeastern Slovenia.[2]

The parish church, built on a hill in the southern part of the settlement, is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was originally built in the late 17th century and rebuilt as a pilgrimage church in 1791.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Šentilj municipal site
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 7781

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