Podkraj pri Velenju () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Velenje in northern
Slovenia
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. It lies in the Ložnica Hills () southwest of the town of Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The entire municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Podkraj'' to ''Podkraj pri Velenju'' in 1955.
Church
The local
church
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Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
is dedicated to
Saint James () 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
Velenje–Saint Mary. It dates to the late 16th century and was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3405
References
External links
Podkraj pri Velenju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Velenje
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