Hrastovec pod Bočem () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Poljčane The Municipality of Poljčane (; sl, Občina Poljčane) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a c ...

in northeastern

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. It lies in the foothills of

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above the right bank of the Dravinja River. 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

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 ...

Name

The settlement was formerly simply named ''Hrastovec'' but it was renamed ''Hrastovec pod Bočem'' in 1998.

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 is dedicated to Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners, and was built in 1813 near the Kleče Mine.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 20196

References

External links

Hrastovec pod Bočem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Poljčane {{Poljčane-stub