Ponikva pri Žalcu () is a village in the

Municipality of Žalec The Municipality of Žalec (; sl, Občina Žalec) is a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of Styria. The seat of the municipality is the town of Žalec. The municipality was established in its current form on 7 August 1998, when ...

in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the Ložnica Hills ( sl, Ložniško gričevje) northwest of Žalec. 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 ...

. The municipality is now included in the

Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly com ...

History

The settlement of Ponikva pri Žalcu was created in 1953, when the formerly separate villages of Spodnja Ponikva and Zgornja Ponikva were merged into a single settlement.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Pancras ( sl, sveti Pankracij) 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 a 16th-century building that was rebuilt in 1925.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2988

References

External links

Ponikva pri Žalcu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Žalec {{Žalec-geo-stub