Dobje pri Planini () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Dobje The Municipality of Dobje (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The entire municipality has just over 1, ...

in eastern

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. It is the administrative center of the municipality. It is part of the traditional region of

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

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. It has its own primary school and post office.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Dobje'' to ''Dobje pri Planini'' in 1953.

Church

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje The Diocese of Celje (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Celje in the ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Celje from the Diocese of Maribor ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1545, but was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2939

Notable people

Notable people that were born in Dobje pri Planini include: * Jože Brilej (1910–1981), communist political commissar and Yugoslav politician

References

External links

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Dobje pri Planini on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dobje Pri Planini Populated places in the Municipality of Dobje