| Lokve | |
|---|---|
  Lokve Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°1′7.23″N15°30′11.4″E / 46.0186750°N 15.503167°E Coordinates: 46°1′7.23″N15°30′11.4″E / 46.0186750°N 15.503167°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Lower Sava |
| Municipality | Krško |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 277.4 m (910.1 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 66 |
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Lokve (pronounced [ˈloːkʋɛ] ) is a small settlement east of Senovo in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. [2]
Senovo is a settlement in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. It developed into a large settlement after its brown coal mine began to operate in 1839, but especially in the early 20th century. The mine closed in the second half of the 1990s. The area was traditionally part of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.
The Municipality of Krško is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. Its seat is the town of Krško. The area is traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola. The entire municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region.
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.
There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was built in the late 19th century. [3]
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.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking the heart of the resurrected Body as the representation of the love by Jesus Christ God, which is "his heart, pierced on the Cross", and "in the texts of the New Testament is revealed to us as God's boundless and passionate love for mankind".
