Prihova () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Oplotnica The Municipality of Oplotnica (; sl, Občina Oplotnica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Oplotnica. It was formed in 1998, when it was split ...

in northeastern

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. 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

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course thro ...

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to the Mary, Virgin of Mercy and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a

pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves ...

dating to the middle of the 16th century, with the bell tower built in the second half of the 16th century. In the 1740s it was renovated in the Baroque style.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3286

References

External links

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Prihova on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Oplotnica {{Oplotnica-geo-stub