Dolenje Jezero (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.]) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
on the northern edge of
Lake Cerknica
Lake Cerknica (; ) is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in Inner Carniola, a region in southwestern Slovenia.
Description
The lake, oriented in the Dinaric direction from north-west to south-east, ...
in the
Municipality of Cerknica
The Municipality of Cerknica (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in the Karst Plateau, Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a population of 11,350 in 2012. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerknica. It belongs to t ...
in the
Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica (plateau), Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the Goriška, Gor ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
The name ''Dolenje Jezero'' means 'lower lake' and is a semantic contrast to the neighboring village of
Gorenje Jezero
Gorenje Jezero (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 130.) is a village on the southern edge of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerk ...
(literally, 'upper lake'), which stands about higher in elevation. Like other villages named ''Jezero'', the name refers to a local landscape element—in this case, Lake Cerknica.
Church
The local church in the southwest part of the settlement is dedicated to
Saints Peter and Paul Peter and Paul may refer to:
* Saint Peter and Paul the Apostle considered together
** Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June in the Catholic liturgical calendar
** St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (disambiguation)
* ''Peter and Paul'' (film), 19 ...
and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of Cerknica.
Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
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Gallery
File:Razglednica Dolenjega Jezera 1920.jpg, 1920 postcard of Dolenje Jezero
References
External links
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Dolenje Jezero on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerknica
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