Dobje is a village and a municipality in eastern Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria

Lower Styria

Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...

 region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region

Savinjska statistical region

The Savinja statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River....

. The entire municipality has just over 1,000 inhabitants. Its administrative centre, Dobje pri Planini, has a population of 130.
It has its own primary school and post office.

The parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje

Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje ; is a diocese located in the city of Celje in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia.-Leadership:* Bishops of Celje ** Anton Stres...

. It is first mentioned in written documents dating ti 1545, but was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.

External links

• Dobje at Geopedia