Pišece (, german: Pischätz
) is a
village in the hills west of
Bizeljsko
Bizeljsko (; german: Wisell) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. It lies on the right bank of the Sotla River and in terms of its territory is the largest settlement in the Munici ...
in the
Municipality of Brežice in eastern
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region. It includes the hamlets of Cerenje, Libreg (german: Liberg), Okrog, Orehovec, Orešje, Pečovje, Pilštanj (german: Peilenstein), Prekoše, Sveti Križ (german: Heiligenkreuz), and Vošni Dol (german: Aschenthal).
The local
parish church is dedicated to
Saint Michael and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje ( la, Dioecesis Celeiensis; sl, Škofija Celje) is a diocese located in the city of Celje in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia.
History
* April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Celje from ...
. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1406, but the current building dates to the late 18th century.
Pišece Castle
Pišece Castle ( sl, grad Pišece, german: Schloss Pischätz) is a castle in Pišece, Slovenia.
The castle appears for the first time in written sources in 1329, and was built to serve the Archbishopric of Salzburg who had estates in the area. The ...
is a
medieval castle northwest of the main settlement. It was built in the 13th century with 16th-century additions. It was an important link in the defences against
Ottoman raids in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 524
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Pišece include:
* Milan Čopič (1925–1989), atomic physicist[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 42.]
* Alfred Moscon (1839–1927), politician
References
External links
*
Pišece on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brežice
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