Graben | |
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Coordinates: 45°46′56.47″N14°39′6.22″E / 45.7823528°N 14.6517278°E Coordinates: 45°46′56.47″N14°39′6.22″E / 45.7823528°N 14.6517278°E | |
Country | |
Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
Municipality | Ribnica |
Area | |
• Total | 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
Elevation | 742.3 m (2,435.4 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 17 |
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Graben (pronounced [ˈɡɾaːbən] ) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. [2]
The Municipality of Ribnica is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ribnica. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Archaeological evidence shows that the area has been settled at least since the late Bronze Age between 1300 and 900 BC.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
Lower Carniola is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
After the Second World War, a Yugoslav labor camp for political prisoners operated in Graben. [3]
A small roadside chapel-shrine in the southern outskirts of the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in the second half of the 19th century. [4]
A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures, including Catholic and Orthodox Europe and Shinto Japan.
Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.
Andol is a small settlement in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Blate is a small settlement southwest of Dolenja Vas in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Brinovščica is a small settlement in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Ribnica, part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola, and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Dane is a small village west of the town of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Gašpinovo is a small settlement west of Velike Poljane in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Grebenje is a small settlement in the hills south of Velike Lašče in southern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Ribnica. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Hojče is a small settlement east of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Hudi Konec is a small settlement east of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The whole municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Kot pri Rakitnici is a small settlement west of the village of Rakitnica in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Kot pri Ribnici is a settlement west of the town of Ribnica in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Krnče is a small settlement north of the village of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Marolče is a small settlement in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. It lies north of Sveti Gregor, just off the main road to Velike Lašče. The entire Municipality of Ribnica is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Perovo is a small settlement west of the village of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Pusti Hrib is a small settlement in the hills west of Ortnek in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. It lies on the main road from Ortnek to Sveti Gregor in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Slatnik is a village in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. It lies just south of the town of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Škrajnek is a small settlement north of Velike Poljane in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Vintarji is a small settlement in the hills west of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The entire municipality lies in the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Vrh pri Poljanah is a small settlement in the hills north of Velike Poljane in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. It lies just south of the town of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Zadolje is a village in the hills south of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Zlati Rep is a small settlement in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
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