Kukava () is a settlement on the western edge of the
Slovene Hills
The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice, german: Windische Bühel or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country an ...
( sl, Slovenske gorice) in the
Municipality of Juršinci
The Municipality of Juršinci (; sl, Občina Juršinci) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Juršinci. Juršinci became a municipality in 1994.
The munici ...
in northeastern
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 and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Drava Statistical Region.
A small
chapel-shrine
A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mo ...
with a
belfry in the settlement was built in 1931 on the site of an older church demolished in the late 18th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 19898
References
External links
Kukava on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Juršinci
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