Tremerje () is a settlement in the
City Municipality of Celje in eastern
Slovenia
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. It lies on the right bank of the
Savinja River on the southwestern outskirts of
Celje
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. 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
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 ...
.
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
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is dedicated to
Saint Luke
Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...
and belongs to the Parish of
Celje Saint Cecilia. It dates to the early 19th century.
Mass grave
Tremerje is the site of a
mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Savinja Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče ob Savinji) lies along an unpaved road along the Savinja River, on an overgrown part of the riverbank near a fork in the road by an embankment. The grave contains the remains of six civilians from Celje.
References
External links
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Tremerje on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Celje
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