Zgornja Pohanca

Zgornja Pohanca
Zgornja Pohanca Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°59′23.7″N 15°34′20.01″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Area
• Total	3.04 km^2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation	376.7 m (1,235.9 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	93
• Density	31/km^2 (79/sq mi)
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Zgornja Pohanca (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnja ˈpoːxantsa], German: Oberpochanza^[2]) is a settlement 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]

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1898.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 14868

External links

• Zgornja Pohanca on Geopedia