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Place in Styria, Slovenia
Zgornja Pohanca
Zgornja Pohanca is located in SloveniaZgornja PohancaZgornja PohancaLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°59′23.7″N 15°34′20.01″E / 45.989917°N 15.5722250°E / 45.989917; 15.5722250
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBrežice
Area
 • Total3.04 km (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation376.7 m (1,235.9 ft)
Population
 • Total93
 • Density31/km (79/sq mi)

Zgornja Pohanca (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnja ˈpoːxantsa], German: Oberpochanza) is a settlement in the hills north of Brežice in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1898.

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 10.
  3. Brežice municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 14868

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Municipality of Brežice
SettlementsAdministrative seat: Brežice
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Location of the Municipality of Brezice in Slovenia
View of Brežice, the administrative centre of the Municipality of Brežice
View of Brežice, the administrative centre of the Municipality of Brežice
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