Osredek pri Zrečah () is a small settlement immediately west of the town of

Zreče Zreče (; ) is a town in northeast Slovenia and is the seat of the Municipality of Zreče. It lies on the slopes of Pohorje in the upper valley of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in th ...

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 of Zreče The Municipality of Zreče (; ) is a municipality below the slopes of Pohorje in northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the town of Zreče. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Sav ...

in the

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History

Osredek was a hamlet of Križevec until 1994, when it was administratively separated and became a village in its own right named ''Osredek''. In 1998, it was renamed ''Osredek pri Zrečah'' (literally, 'Osredek near Zreče').

Lake Zreče

Lake Zreče () lies within the territory of the settlement. Lake Zreče is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

that was created in 2000 by damming Koprivnica Creek, a right tributary 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 reservoir has two parts; the lower part of the reservoir is 700 m long with an area of 13,500 m², and the upper part is 300 m long with an area of 2,500 m². The upper part is used as a

spawning ground Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, ''to spawn'' refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning. The ...

. The reservoir is 8 m deep at its deepest point.Republika Slovenija, Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor. ''Vodna učna pot Zreče: Zreško jezero'' (Žreče Water Nature Trail: Lake Zreče). Signboard posted at the lake.

References

External links

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Osredek pri Zrečah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Zreče {{Zreče-geo-stub