Hrastovec pod Bočem () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Poljčane The Municipality of Poljčane (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Poljčane. Poljčane became a municipality in 2006. Settlements In addition to the m ...

in northeastern

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. It lies in the foothills of

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above the right bank of the

Dravinja The Dravinja (, ) is the largest tributary of the Drava River in Slovenia. It is long. Its source is on the Pohorje Massif southwest of Mount Rogla about 1,150 m above sea level. The river passes Zreče, the town of Slovenske Konjice, the ruins ...

River. 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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Name

The settlement was formerly simply named ''Hrastovec'' but it was renamed ''Hrastovec pod Bočem'' in 1998.

Cultural heritage

A small

chapel A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...

in the settlement is dedicated to

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara (; ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Greek saint and martyr. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the origin ...

, patron saint of miners, and was built in 1813 near the Kleče Mine.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 20196

References

External links

Hrastovec pod Bočem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Poljčane {{Poljčane-stub