Škrljevo () is a settlement just west of
Šentrupert
Šentrupert (; german: Sankt Ruprecht''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in s ...
in southeastern
Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It includes the hamlet of Češnjice (german: Kerschdorf).
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 85.]
Škrljevo Castle (german: Grailach)
is a
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 ...
on the western edge of the settlement. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1044. The current building dates to the 15th and 17th centuries with some 19th-century rebuilding.
References
External links
Škrljevo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert
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