Ponoviče

Ponoviče
Ponoviče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°4′41.19″N 14°51′55″E / 46.0781083°N 14.86528°ECoordinates: 46°4′41.19″N 14°51′55″E / 46.0781083°N 14.86528°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Styria
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Litija
Area
  Total 5.07 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Elevation 235.2 m (771.7 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 174
[1]

Ponoviče (German: Ponowitsch)[2] is a settlement along the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The railway line from Ljubljana to Zidani Most runs through the settlement. Traditionally the area was part of Lower Styria and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia statistical region.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Mačkovina and Smrekarica.[4]

Castles

Knežija Castle (German: Graf(f)enweg)[2] formerly stood on the hill in Mačkovina.[5] It was first mentioned in written sources in 1469.[6]

A large 16th-century mansion with surrounding grounds, known as Ponoviče Castle (Slovene: Grad Ponoviče), stands on a small elevation above the banks of the Sava east of the settlement.[7]

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. 93.
  3. Litija municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 276–277.
  5. Stopar, Ivan. 2000. Grajske stavbe v osrednji Sloveniji. 1, Gorenjska, vol. 5, Med Goričanami in Gamberkom. Ljubljana: Viharnik, p. 85.
  6. Gradovi v Sloveniji: Knežija (Slovene)
  7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 8768

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