Kupčinji Vrh () is a settlement in the southwestern

Haloze Haloze () is a geographical sub-region of Slovenia. It is in the northeast of the country, in the Styria region. General characteristics Haloze is a hilly area, running roughly east–west bounded by the border with Croatia to the south and the ...

Hills on the northern foothills of

Mount Saint Donatus Mount Saint Donatus () also known as Mount Rogatec (), elevation , is a mountain in eastern Slovenia. It is among the easternmost peaks in the Karawanks, which extend to Mount Ivanšćica in Croatia. Name The older names for the mountain—''Mo ...

in the

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in northeastern

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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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Geography

Kupčinji Vrh lies along the headwaters of ''Travni potok'' and Gabrščica creeks.

History

Kupčinji Vrh was established in 1974 from part of the territory of the settlements of

Čermožiše Čermožiše () is a settlement in the Haloze Hills in the Municipality of Žetale in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. There are two churches in the settlem ...

and Nadole.

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 ...

, built on an isolated hill north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus 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 ...

Žetale Žetale () is a village in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Žetale. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. History Žetale ...

. It dates to the 15th century and has a wooden

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.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3541

References

External links

Kupčinji Vrh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Majšperk {{Majšperk-geo-stub