Slatnik

Slatnik
Slatnik

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°45′52.05″N 14°41′15.74″E / 45.7644583°N 14.6877056°E / 45.7644583; 14.6877056Coordinates: 45°45′52.05″N 14°41′15.74″E / 45.7644583°N 14.6877056°E / 45.7644583; 14.6877056
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Ribnica
Area
  Total 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Elevation 535.9 m (1,758.2 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 123
[1]

Slatnik (pronounced [ˈslaːtnik]; German: Slatenegg[2]) 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.[3]

A small chapel-shrine in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and dates to the early 20th century.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 50.
  3. Ribnica municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 17989


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