Dobje pri Lesičnem () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Šentjur
The Municipality of Šentjur (), named Municipality of Šentjur pri Celju () until 2002, is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town of Šentjur is the seat of the municipality. With an area of it is one of the larger municipalities in Slove ...
, in eastern
Slovenia
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. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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, which is in the
Slovenian portion of the historical
Duchy of Styria
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Dobje'' to ''Dobje pri Lesičnem'' in 1953.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
is dedicated to
Saint Oswald () and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of
Prevorje. It dates to the 15th century with major 19th-century rebuilding.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3285
References
External links
Dobje pri Lesičnem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentjur
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