Griže, Žalec

Place in Styria, Slovenia
46°13′51.73″N 15°9′15.42″E / 46.2310361°N 15.1542833°E / 46.2310361; 15.1542833Country SloveniaTraditional regionStyriaStatistical regionSavinjaMunicipalityŽalecArea
 • Total1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)Elevation
290.6 m (953.4 ft)Population
 (2020)
 • Total632[1]

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]

Church

Saint Pancras's Church

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

  • Janez Goličnik [sl] (1737–1807), beekeeper and translator[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. Januar 2020".
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 36.
  3. ^ Žalec municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3006
  5. ^ Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
  6. ^ 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.

External links

  • Media related to Griže at Wikimedia Commons
  • Griže on Geopedia


Stub icon

This article about the Municipality of Žalec in Slovenia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e