Dornberk is a village

Village

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 in western Slovenia

Slovenia

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 in the municipality of Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...

.
It is located in the Vipava Valley

Vipava Valley

The Vipava Valley is a valley located in the Slovenian Littoral, between the towns of Nova Gorica and Vipava.-Geography:It is a narrow valley, serving as the main passage between Friulian lowland and central Slovenia, and thus also an important corridor connecting Northern Italy to Central Europe...

 within the Goriška

Goriška

Goriška is a traditional region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. The name means "the Gorizia region" because it is named after Gorizia, Italy. It is part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral . Its principal urban center is Nova Gorica...

 region of the Slovenian Littoral

Slovenian Littoral

The Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....

. Dornberk is the centre of a local community which includes the satellite settlements of Potok pri Dornberku

Potok pri Dornberku

Potok pri Dornberku is a small settlement to the south of Dornberk in the Nova Gorica Municipality in western Slovenia. It is located in the Vipava Valley, which is part of the Goriška region of the Slovene Littoral.-External links:*...

, Saksid

Saksid

Saksid is a village near Dornberk in the Vipava Valley in western Slovenia in the municipality of Nova Gorica.-External links:*...

, Brdo

Brdo, Nova Gorica

Brdo is a settlement in western Slovenia in the municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the Vipava Valley, near the village of Dornberk.-External links:*...

, Tabor

Tabor, Nova Gorica

Tabor is a village in western Slovenia in the municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located on a small hill overlooking the Vipava Valley. The name comes from the Slovene term tabor, denoting a fortified church or village. In fact, the village was fortified in the 16th century as a defense against the...

, Draga

Draga, Nova Gorica

Draga is a small settlement next to Dornberk in the Nova Gorica Municipality in western Slovenia. It is located in the Vipava Valley in the Goriška region.-External links:*...

, Zalošče

Zalošce

Zalošče is a village in western Slovenia in the municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located in the lower Vipava Valley in the Goriška region of the Slovene Littoral.The local church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Dornberk Parish....

, and Budihni

Budihni

Budihni is a small settlement on the right bank of the Vipava river southeast of Dornberk in the municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia.-External links:*...

. The whole local community has a population of around 1,800.

The Parish Church

Parish church

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 in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Daniel

Daniel

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 and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.

The area of Dornberk is famous for the production of wine

Wine

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s and fruits, especially peach

Peach

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es, apricot

Apricot

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s, and pear

Pear

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s.

See also

• Gorizia and Gradisca
  Gorizia and Gradisca
  The County of Gorizia and Gradisca was a Habsburg county in Central Europe, in what is now a multilingual border area of Italy and Slovenia. It was named for its two major urban centers, Gorizia and Gradisca d'Isonzo.-Province of the Habsburg Empire:...
  
  
• Austrian Littoral
  Austrian Littoral
  The Austrian Littoral was established as a crown land of the Austrian Empire in 1849. In 1861 it was divided into the three crown lands of the Imperial Free City of Trieste and its suburbs, the Margraviate of Istria, and the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, which each had separate...
  
  
• Julian March
  Julian March
  The Julian March is a former political region of southeastern Europe on what are now the borders between Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy...
  
  
• Wines of Slovenia

External links

• Dornberk on Geopedia