Brezje (, german: Bresie) is a former

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in central

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

in the

Municipality of Škofljica The Municipality of Škofljica (; sl, Občina Škofljica) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofljica. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It i ...

. It is now part of the village of

Smrjene Smrjene (, in older sources ''Smrjane'' or ''Smerjenje'') is a settlement in the hills south of Pijava Gorica in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. It is made up of three hamlets: Brezje, Rupnice, and Smrjene. The municipality is ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

and is now included in the

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Geography

Brezje is a clustered settlement located in the northwest part of the territory of Smrjene, at the top of Brezje Hill ( sl, Brezovski hrib, elevation: ).

Name

The name ''Brezje'' is shared with several other places in Slovenia. It is derived from the Slovene common noun ''brezje'' '

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grove', referring to the local vegetation.

History

Brezje was annexed by Smrjene in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.

References

External links

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Brezje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofljica Former settlements in Slovenia {{Škofljica-geo-stub