Telče

Telče

Telče from the southeast
Telče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°57′28.6″N 15°15′40.92″E / 45.957944°N 15.2613667°E / 45.957944; 15.2613667Coordinates: 45°57′28.6″N 15°15′40.92″E / 45.957944°N 15.2613667°E / 45.957944; 15.2613667
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Sevnica
Area
  Total 2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation 488.9 m (1,604.0 ft)
Population (2012)
  Total 79
  Density 33/km2 (90/sq mi)
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Telče (pronounced [ˈteːu̯tʃɛ]; German: Teltsche[2]) is a settlement east of Tržišče in the Municipality of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

The local church, built in an isolated location northwest of the settlement core, is dedicated to Saint James (Slovene: sveti Jakob) and belongs to the Parish of Škocjan pri Novem Mestu. It dates to the 16th or 17th century.[4]

Saint James the Greater Church

References

  1. "Telče, Sevnica". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 82.
  3. Sevnica municipal site
  4. "EŠD 2512". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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