Klenik () is a settlement east of

Vače Vače (; german: Waatsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The a ...

in the

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in central

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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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; until January 2014 the municipality was part of the

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Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače

North of Klenik and east of Slemšek Hill (), near

, is the Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače, where the

Vače situla Vače (; german: Waatsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The a ...

, one of the most notable archaeological treasures of Slovenia, was discovered in the Ronkar Ravines ( sl, Ronkarjeve drage, part of Klenik).

Church

The local

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, which stands on Slemšek Hill, is dedicated to the Holy Cross and belongs to the

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of Vače. It was restored in the 1990s.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2624 It was built in 1898 on the site of an earlier structure damaged in the 1895 earthquake. The furnishings date from 1906 and were created by the Ljubljana sculptor Andrej Rovšek Jr. (1864–1907).

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Klenik include: * Franc Celestin (1843–1895), philosopher, literary historian, writer, and translator

References

External links

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Klenik on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Litija {{Litija-geo-stub