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Hrastovec Tunnel
Hrastov may refer to: *Hrastovec, Velenje *Hrastovec, Zavrč *Hrastovec pod Bočem Hrastovec pod Bočem () is a settlement in the Municipality of Poljčane in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the foothills of Mount Boč above the right bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now i ... * Hrastovec v Slovenskih Goricah {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrastovec, Velenje
Hrastovec () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Bric'' (literally, 'Saint Brice') to ''Hrastovec'' in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. Turn Castle South of the settlement is a 13th-century castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ... known was ( sl, Grad Turn). It was greatly rebuilt and remodelled over the centuries, with the last major building phase dati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrastovec, Zavrč
Hrastovec () is a settlement in the Municipality of Zavrč in the Haloze area of eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills above the right bank of the Drava River.The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) 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 thro .... References External linksHrastovec on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of Zavrč {{Zavrč-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrastovec Pod Bočem
Hrastovec pod Bočem () is a settlement in the Municipality of Poljčane in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the foothills of Mount Boč above the right bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region. Name The settlement was formerly simply named ''Hrastovec'' but it was renamed ''Hrastovec pod Bočem'' in 1998. Cultural heritage A small chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ... in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners, and was built in 1813 near the Kleče Mine. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
