Orehovec (beverage)
* Orehovec, settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. * Orehovec, village in the Gorjanci Mountains in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in Slovenia * Sveti Petar Orehovec Sveti Petar Orehovec is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,583 inhabitants in the area. The municipality was formed in 1993. History In the late 19th century and early 20th cent ...

Orehovec, Šmarje Pri Jelšah
Orehovec () is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž pri Podčetrtku'' (literally, 'Saint John near Podčetrtek') to ''Orehovec'' (literally, 'walnut-place') 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. Church The local church is dedicated to the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ... of Sveti Štefa ...
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Orehovec, Kostanjevica Na Krki
Orehovec (; in older sources also ''Orehovica'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 70. german: Nußdorf) is a village in the Gorjanci Hills in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in eastern Slovenia. Its territory extends south to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. There is a chapel with a belfry in the settlement. It is dedicated to the Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Rom ... and was built in the late 19th century.
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