Pišece (, ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the hills west of

Bizeljsko Bizeljsko (; ) 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 Municipality of Bre� ...

in the

Municipality of Brežice The Municipality of Brežice (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley along the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Brežice. The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria (territo ...

in eastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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

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. It includes the hamlets of Cerenje, Libreg (), Okrog, Orehovec, Orešje, Pečovje, Pilštanj (), Prekoše, Sveti Križ (), and Vošni Dol (). The local

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is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

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. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1406, but the current building dates to the late 18th century.

Pišece Castle Pišece Castle (, ) 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 archbishops kept the Feudalism, feudal ri ...

is a

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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 physicistSavnik, Roman, ed. 1976. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 42. * Alfred Moscon (1839–1927), politician * Davorin Petančič (1910–1983), theater teacher and playwright *

Maks Pleteršnik Maks Pleteršnik (3 December 1840–13 September 1923) was a Slovene philologist, linguist, and lexicographer. Born in Pišece, he dedicated his life to the study and promotion of the Slovenian language and became the editor of an influential Slo ...

(1840–1923), linguist and lexicographer

References

External links

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Pišece on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brežice {{Brežice-geo-stub