Dolnje Retje

Dolnje Retje
Dolnje Retje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°49′29.36″N 14°39′6.66″E / 45.8248222°N 14.6518500°ECoordinates: 45°49′29.36″N 14°39′6.66″E / 45.8248222°N 14.6518500°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Velike Lašče
Area
 • Total 1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation 575.5 m (1,888.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 56
[1]

Dolnje Retje (pronounced [ˈdoːlnjɛ ˈreːtjɛ]; in older sources also Dolenje Retje,[2] German: Unterretje[2]) is a small village southeast of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

A small 18th-century chapel-shrine at the crossroads in the centre of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Roch.[4]

The Slovene writer, political activist, playwright, and critic Fran Levstik was born in the village in 1831. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in 1889 on what remains of the house in which he was born. In 1987 a bronze bust was also placed nearby.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.
  3. ↑ Velike Lašče municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 18468
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 26276

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