Ržišče, Kostanjevica na Krki

Ržišče
Ržišče is located in Slovenia
Ržišče
Ržišče
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°49′33.14″N 15°22′54.68″E / 45.8258722°N 15.3818556°E / 45.8258722; 15.3818556
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityKostanjevica na Krki
Area
 • Total1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation
409.9 m (1,344.8 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total22
[1]

Ržišče (pronounced [əɾˈʒiːʃtʃɛ]; German: Arschische[2]) is a settlement in the foothills of the Gorjanci Hills in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

The local church is dedicated to the Mary Magdalene and belongs to the Parish of Kostanjevica na Krki. It is a 13th-century Late Romanesque building with a rectangular nave with a flat ceiling and a barrel-vaulted sanctuary.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 70.
  3. ^ Kostanjevica na Krki municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1913

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