Gorca () is a settlement in the Haloze Hills above the left bank of the Dravinja River in the Municipality of Podlehnik in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

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 ...

. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. The parish is known as Sveta Trojica–Podlehnik. The church was built in 1654.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3460

References

External links

Gorca on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Podlehnik {{Podlehnik-geo-stub