Zabreznica
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Zabreznica is one of ten villages in the municipality of Žirovnica
in the Upper Carniola
region of Slovenia
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It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.
Above the village, on the Reber Ridge, the church of St Laurence was rebuilt in the 1990s on the foundations of a Romanesque church that was demolished in 1821. It is decorated with work by the contemporary Slovene artists France Bernik and Andrej Jemec.
Zabreznica has a population of 469 (2002 census).
Žirovnica
Žirovnica is a municipality in Slovenia. It is located in the historic Upper Carniola region, on the southern slope of the Karavanke mountain range, close to the border with Austria...
in the Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale.- Historical background :...
region of 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...
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It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.
Above the village, on the Reber Ridge, the church of St Laurence was rebuilt in the 1990s on the foundations of a Romanesque church that was demolished in 1821. It is decorated with work by the contemporary Slovene artists France Bernik and Andrej Jemec.
Zabreznica has a population of 469 (2002 census).