Črešnjice pri Cerkljah

Črešnjice pri Cerkljah
Črešnjice pri Cerkljah

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°53′31.67″N 15°30′41.13″E / 45.8921306°N 15.5114250°ECoordinates: 45°53′31.67″N 15°30′41.13″E / 45.8921306°N 15.5114250°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Brežice
Area
  Total 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Elevation 154.1 m (505.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 232
[1]

Črešnjice pri Cerkljah (pronounced [ˈtʃɾeːʃnjitsɛ pɾi ˈtseːɾkljax]; in older sources also Češnjice,[2] German: Kerschdorf[2]) is a settlement north of Cerklje ob Krki in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Črešnjice to Črešnjice pri Cerkljah in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Kerschdorf.[2]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 74.
  3. Brežice municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

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