Griže, Žalec

Griže

1932 postcard of Griže, Žalec
Griže

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°13′51.73″N 15°9′15.42″E / 46.2310361°N 15.1542833°E / 46.2310361; 15.1542833Coordinates: 46°13′51.73″N 15°9′15.42″E / 46.2310361°N 15.1542833°E / 46.2310361; 15.1542833
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Žalec
Area
  Total 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation 290.6 m (953.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 627
[1]

Griže (pronounced [ˈɡɾiːʒɛ]) 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.[2]

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.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Griže include:

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Žalec municipal site
  3. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3006
  4. Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
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