Laze pri Gorenjem Jezeru (, german: Laase) is a small settlement next to Gorenje Jezero on the southern edge of

Lake Cerknica Lake Cerknica (; sl, Cerkniško jezero, german: Zirknitzer See) is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in Inner Carniola, a region in southwestern Slovenia. The lake, oriented in the Dinaric direction ...

in the

Municipality of Cerknica The Municipality of Cerknica (; sl, Občina Cerknica) is a municipality in the Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a population of 11,350 in 2012. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerknica. It belongs to the traditional region ...

in the

Inner Carniola Inner Carniola ( sl, Notranjska; german: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the ...

region of

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 ...

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Laze'' to ''Laze pri Gorenjem Jezeru'' in 1953.

Church

The local church west of the settlement is dedicated to St. Brice and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

of Stari Trg pri Ložu.Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
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References

External links

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Laze pri Gorenjem Jezeru on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerknica {{Cerknica-geo-stub