Leskovec pri Krškem ( or ; german: Haselbach''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 76–77.) is a settlement on the right bank of the

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River in the

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Krško Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ...

in eastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

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

Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava Statistical Region ( sl, Posavska statistična regija; until December 31, 2014 ) is a statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...

. It includes the hamlets of Grad (a.k.a. ''Turnska graščina''), Beli Breg, Veliki Marof (in older sources also ''Gorenji Marof'', german: Obermeierhof), and Žadovinka. Older sources also mention the appertaining hamlet of Bajer (german: Weiher).

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Leskovec'' to ''Leskovec pri Krškem'' in 1953. In the past the German name was ''Haselbach''.

Landmarks

Churches

Parish church

The local

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is dedicated to

Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto ( la, Dioecesis Novae Urbis; sl, Škofija Novo mesto) is a diocese in the city of Novo Mesto in the Ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of ...

. It was erected in the early

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on the site of an earlier building, most probably in the 1630s. A

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tombstone is included in the walls of the church and a milliarium of

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is next to the church.

St. Anne's Church

A second church in the settlement is dedicated to

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

and is a 17th-century building that was rebuilt in the late 18th century in a Late Baroque style.

Monuments

In front of the parish church stands a monument to the soldiers fallen in World War I. It was made by Franjo Kunovar Jr. and unveiled on 3 June 1928. In 1995 a plaque dedicated to the people exiled in World War II was added to it.

Leskovec Castle

On a hill to the north of the settlement stands Leskovec Castle, dating to the 15th century with 16th- and 18th-century alterations.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 317

References

External links

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Leskovec pri Krškem on Geopedia

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leskovec Pri Krskem Populated places in the Municipality of Krško