Laze () is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the

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. The ruins of Švarcenštajn Castle ( sl, Grad Švarcenštajn, german: Schwarzenstein) stand south of the settlement. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1360 as ''Swarczenstain''. It was a four-sided 14th-century building around an inner courtyard, of which only one side with a turret over the entrance remains today.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 4336

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Populated places in the City Municipality of Velenje {{Velenje-geo-stub