Loke, Tabor

Loke
Loke Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°13′21.02″N 15°0′29.41″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Tabor
Area
• Total	6.27 km^2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	357.7 m (1,173.6 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	169
[1]

Loke (pronounced [ˈloːkɛ]; German: Lakdorf^[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Tabor in central Slovenia. It lies in the valleys of Ojstrica Creek and Konjščica Creek and the surrounding hills. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[3]

Castle

Osterwitz Castle (lithograph, 1830)

A hill near the settlement was the site of Ojstrica Castle (German: Osterwitz), a 13th-century castle originally belonging to the Counts of Celje. It was abandoned in the 16th century after it was attacked during a peasant revolt in 1535. By the early 17th century it was already a ruin. Today all that remains are parts of the fortifications.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 66.
3. Tabor municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 10401

External links

• Media related to Loke at Wikimedia Commons
• Loke on Geopedia