Ponikva pri Žalcu

Ponikva pri Žalcu
Ponikva pri Žalcu is located in Slovenia
Ponikva pri Žalcu
Ponikva pri Žalcu
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°18′49.49″N 15°8′8.49″E / 46.3137472°N 15.1356917°E / 46.3137472; 15.1356917
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityŽalec
Area
 • Total5.31 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Elevation
418.5 m (1,373.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total339
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Ponikva pri Žalcu (pronounced [ˈpoːnikʋa pɾi ˈʒaːu̯tsu]) is a village in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the Ložnica Hills (Slovene: Ložniško gričevje) northwest of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

History

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The settlement of Ponikva pri Žalcu was created in 1953, when the formerly separate villages of Spodnja Ponikva and Zgornja Ponikva were merged into a single settlement.[3]

Church

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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 16th-century building that was rebuilt in 1925.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Žalec municipal site
  3. ^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 80, 95, 120.
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2988
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