Zgornja Rečica () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Laško The Municipality of Laško (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Laško. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region ...

in eastern

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. It lies in the upper valley of a minor right bank tributary of the Savinja River in the hills northeast of Laško. 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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History

Zgornja Rečica became a separate settlement in 1984, when the former village of Rečica was divided into

Spodnja Rečica Spodnja Rečica () is a settlement on the banks of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Rečica ob Savinji in Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Sta ...

and Zgornja Rečica.

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 a slight elevation in the centre of the settlement, is dedicated to the Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek and belongs to the Parish of Laško. It was built in 1939.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 4162

References

External links

Zgornja Rečica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Laško {{Laško-geo-stub