Dolnja Briga | |
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Dolnja Briga Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°31′20.05″N 14°49′8.3″E / 45.5222361°N 14.818972°E / 45.5222361; 14.818972 | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 610.6 m (2,003 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 17 |
| Postal code | 1338 |
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Dolnja Briga (pronounced [ˈdoːlnja ˈbɾiːɡa]; in older sources also Dolenja Briga,2 German: Niedertiefenbach23) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.4
The local church was dedicated to Saint Valentine, but only minor ruins remain of the building, which was removed in 1954.5 Near the center of the village are the ruins of a school, which was used as a base by the Slovene Partisans until 1944.6
References
References
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.
- Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- Kočevje municipal site
- Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1648
- "Spomeniki NOB na Kočevskem - Dolnja briga". www.zb-kocevje.si. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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