Mačkovec pri Dvoru ( or , german: Katzendorf
) is a
village
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in the
Municipality of Žužemberk
The Municipality of Žužemberk (; sl, Občina Žužemberk) is a municipality southeast of the capital of Ljubljana in southeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the town of Žužemberk. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The m ...
in southeastern
Slovenia
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. It lies on the left bank of the
Krka River just north of
Dvor
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. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The settlement includes the formerly independent village of Brod (german: Überfuhr).
Name
Mačkovec pri Dvoru was attested in written sources as ''Chachendorf'' in 1317, ''Maczkowicz'' in 1350, and ''Kazendorff'' in 1398, among other spellings. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Mačkovec'' to ''Mačkovec pri Dvoru'' in 1953.
Church
The local
church
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Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
is dedicated to
Saint John the Evangelist and belongs to the
Parish
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of Žužemberk. It is a medieval building that was restyled in the
Baroque
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style in the 18th century.
References
External links
*
Mačkovec pri Dvoru on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Žužemberk
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