Griže, Žalec
Griže (pronounced [ˈɡɾiːʒɛ], German: Greis) is a village on the right bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Saint Pancras's Church
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Pancras (Slovene: sveti Pankracij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was a Gothic building from the late 15th century that was rebuilt in 1883.
Notable people
- Janez Goličnik (1737–1807), beekeeper and translator
References
- ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. Januar 2020".
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 36.
- ^ Žalec municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3006
- ^ Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
- ^ Grum, Martin (2007). Slovenski prevajalski leksikon 1550–1945: Poskusni zvezek A–J. Ljubljana: Društvo slovenskih književnih prevajalcev and Inštitut za kulturno zgodovino ZRC SAZU. p. 178.
External links
Media related to Griže at Wikimedia Commons- Griže on Geopedia
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