Gorica pri Dobjem () is a small settlement in the

Municipality of Dobje The Municipality of Dobje (; sl, Občina Dobje) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The entire municipality has just ov ...

in eastern

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 ...

. The area is part of the traditional region of

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 ...

. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly com ...

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Gorica'' to ''Gorica pri Dobjem'' in 1953.

Cultural heritage

A small

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

in the settlement dates to 1860.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 9051

References

External links

Gorica pri Dobjem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dobje {{Dobje-geo-stub