Kokra (pronounced [ˈkoːkɾa]; German: Kanker[2]) is a settlement scattered along a 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) stretch of the road from Kranj to Jezersko Peak in the Kokra Valley in the Municipality of Preddvor in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Kokra | |
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  Kokra Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′13.51″N 14°30′41.24″E / 46.3370861°N 14.5114556°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Preddvor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.74 km2 (20.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 898.9 m (2,949.1 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 266 |
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Church edit
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.[4] It was completed in 1797 and dedicated in 1802.[5]
Other cultural heritage edit
There is also a monument to the local victims of the Second World War in the settlement.[6]
References edit
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
- ^ Preddvor municipal site
- ^ "Kokra". Družina. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Kokra at Kam.si (in Slovene)
- ^ "Official Journal of the Municipality of Preddvor 12(4), 19 October 2006, with list of declared cultural monuments in the municipality" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
External links edit
Media related to Kokra at Wikimedia Commons- Kokra on Geopedia
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