Vosek | |
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  Vosek Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′50.91″N15°42′51.99″E / 46.5974750°N 15.7144417°E Coordinates: 46°35′50.91″N15°42′51.99″E / 46.5974750°N 15.7144417°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Pesnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310.6 m (1,019.0 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 326 |
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Vosek (pronounced [ˈʋoːsək] ; German : Waschenberg [2] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Pesnica River. The area was traditionally part of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. [3] Jarenina Creek (Slovene : Jareninski potok) empties into Lake Pernica (Slovene : Perniško jezero) in the northeastern part of the settlement.
German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
The Municipality of Pesnica is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The center of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit. The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, vinemaking, craftsmanship and farming.
A small chapel in the settlement dates to 1889. [4]
The term chapel usually refers to a Christian place of prayer and worship that is attached to a larger, often nonreligious institution or that is considered an extension of a primary religious institution. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a college, hospital, palace, prison, funeral home, church, synagogue or mosque, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds. Chapel has also referred to independent or nonconformist places of worship in Great Britain—outside the established church.
