Leščevje

Leščevje
Leščevje is located in Slovenia
Leščevje
Leščevje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′57.37″N 14°47′4.02″E / 45.9159361°N 14.7844500°E / 45.9159361; 14.7844500
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityIvančna Gorica
Area
 • Total
2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Elevation
364.2 m (1,194.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
50
[1]

Leščevje (pronounced [ˈleːʃtʃɛwjɛ]; German: Leschuje[2]) is a settlement in the hills west of Muljava in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

Saint John the Baptist Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Krka. It has a Romanesque core with some later rebuilding.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.
  3. ^ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. ^ "EŠD 2839". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 8 August 2011.


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