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Volčje, Brežice

Volčje
Volčje is located in Slovenia
Volčje
Volčje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°58′55.06″N 15°34′46.66″E / 45.9819611°N 15.5796278°E / 45.9819611; 15.5796278
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBrežice
Area
 • Total
3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Elevation
282.9 m (928.1 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
96
 • Density31/km2 (79/sq mi)
[1]

Volčje (pronounced [ʋɔu̯ˈtʃjeː], German: Woltschje[2]) is a village in the hills north of Brežice in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

History

On 1 July 1936 the boundary at the southern end of Volčje was redrawn, and the village lost 7 houses (28 people) to the adjoining village of Artiče.[4]

Church

There is a small church dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 10.
  3. ^ Brežice municipal site
  4. ^ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 611.
  5. ^ Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 48.


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