Vinska Gorica () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Dobrna The Municipality of Dobrna (; sl, Občina Dobrna) is a municipality in Slovenia. It is best known for the spa town of Dobrna, which is also the seat of the municipality. It lies north of Celje and east of Velenje in an area that is part of the ...

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. It lies on a small hill just southeast of Dobrna. 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

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Gorica'' to ''Vinska Gorica'' in 1953.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

References

External links

Vinska Gorica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dobrna {{Dobrna-geo-stub