Griže (pronounced [ˈɡɾiːʒɛ], German: Greis[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]
Griže | |
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 1932 postcard of Griže, Žalec | |
  Griže Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′51.73″N 15°9′15.42″E / 46.2310361°N 15.1542833°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Žalec |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 290.6 m (953.4 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 632 |
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Church edit
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Pancras (Slovene: sveti Pankracij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was a Gothic building from the late 15th century that was rebuilt in 1883.[4]
Notable people edit
- Janez Goličnik (1737–1807), beekeeper and translator[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. Januar 2020".
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 36.
- ^ Žalec municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3006
- ^ Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
- ^ Grum, Martin (2007). Slovenski prevajalski leksikon 1550–1945: Poskusni zvezek A–J. Ljubljana: Društvo slovenskih književnih prevajalcev and Inštitut za kulturno zgodovino ZRC SAZU. p. 178.
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