Drenik () is a small settlement 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 ...
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 ...
. It lies in the hills east of
Pijava Gorica
Pijava Gorica (; german: Piautzbüchel) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the marshland south of the capital Ljubljana. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carnio ...
. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Drenik was attested in historical sources as ''Renn'' in 1321, ''Drenek'' in 1370, ''Dregkch'' in 1431, and ''Drëkg'' and ''Drenaw'' in 1436, among other spellings.
References
External links
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Drenik on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofljica
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