Zgornja Polskava () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica The Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Slovenska Bistrica. Slovenska Bistrica became a municipality in 1994. Settle ...

in northeastern

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. It lies on the old main road to

Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...

north of Slovenska Bistrica. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region () is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj ...

. The local

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is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

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. It was built in 1619 and extended in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2987

References

External links

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Zgornja Polskava on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica {{Slovenska-Bistrica-geo-stub