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Kog (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 226.) is a village in the hills northeast of
Ormož Ormož (; in older sources , , , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ormošd'') is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria (Slovenia), Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava, Drava River and borders with Croa ...
in northeastern
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, right on the border with
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
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and is now included 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
parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
in the village is dedicated to Saint Wolfgang () and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor The Archdiocese of Maribor (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia. Its episcopal see is Maribor. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant * ...
. The church was built in 1688, but greatly damaged in the
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and rebuilt in the second half of the 20th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 2891 The village was unofficially known as ''Sveti Bolfenk pri Središču'' () in the past.


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Kog on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ormož {{Ormož-geo-stub