Bizeljsko

Bizeljsko (pronounced [biˈzeːlskɔ]; German: Wisell[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. It lies on the right bank of the Sotla River and in terms of its territory is the largest settlement in the Municipality of Brežice. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlets of Bošt, Nimnik, Gradišče (German: Gradischberg[2]), Župjek, Spodnja Sušica (German: Untersuschitz[2]), Zgornja Sušica (German: Obersuschitz[2]), Janežičeva Gorca (German: Johannesberg[2]), Vrhovnica, and Vitna Vas (Slovene: Vitna vas).[4]

Bizeljsko
Bizeljsko
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°0′56.9″N 15°41′24.98″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBrežice
Area
 • Total10.27 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Elevation
177.9 m (583.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total666
[1]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is a Baroque building, erected between 1725 and 1737 on the site of an older structure of which only part of the belfry remains.[5] Anton Martin Slomšek was a curate in Bizeljsko between 1825 and 1827. A second church northwest of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and is a 17th-century building that was vaulted in the 18th century.[6]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. pp. 6–7.
  3. Brežice municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 22.
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2879
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2881


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