Plešivica () is a small
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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. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Pleševica'' to ''Plešivica'' in 1988.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
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 ...
, built on a hill east of the settlement, was dedicated to
Saint Catherine and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526. It was burned down by the
Partisans in 1943.
References
External links
*
Plešivica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Žužemberk
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