Prtovč

Prtovč
Prtovč

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°13′39.78″N 14°6′46.8″E / 46.2277167°N 14.113000°E / 46.2277167; 14.113000Coordinates: 46°13′39.78″N 14°6′46.8″E / 46.2277167°N 14.113000°E / 46.2277167; 14.113000
Country Slovenia
Traditional Region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Železniki
Elevation 1,008.1 m (3,307.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 21
[1]

Prtovč (pronounced [pəɾˈtoːu̯tʃ]; in older sources also Prtovič,[2] German: Pertoutsch[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

The church in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in 1869 by extending an existing chapel.[3]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
  3. Selca parish website


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