Vrba

Vrba is one of ten villages in the in the Upper Carniolan region of . It was first mentioned in written sources from 1247 and is a typical example of a compact village.
Wikipedia
Photo: Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 196 residents
  • Description: village in Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Vrba, Žirovnica”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mark’s Church and Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church.

Church
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St. Mark's Church is a small church on the outskirts of the village of Vrba in Upper Carniola in . Despite being a modest and unprepossessing building, St.

Church
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Janeznovak, CC BY 2.5.
The is a house in the village of in the in . It is the house where the Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar was born in 1871.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breznica and Zabreznica.

Village
Photo: Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of ten villages in the in the Upper Carniola region of . It is the seat of the municipality. Most of the village has developed on the slopes of the Reber range, leaving open fields towards the south and east.

Village
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is one of ten villages in the in the Upper Carniola region of . It is the location of Žirovnica Primary School, which serves the primary education needs of all the villages in the municipality.

Village
Photo: Kaktus999, Public domain.
is one of ten villages in the in the Upper Carniola region of . It lies on the slopes of the Reber range between and and is more or less a continuous settlement with Zabreznica.

Vrba

Latitude
46.38898° or 46° 23′ 20″ north
Longitude
14.14691° or 14° 8′ 49″ east
Population
196
Elevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)
Open location code
8FRP94QW+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1144464187
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3187306
Wiki­data ID
Q122649
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Vrba” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Вэрба”
  • Bosnian: “Vrba”
  • Catalan: “Vrba”
  • Cebuano: “Vrba”
  • Chechen: “Врба”
  • Chinese: “弗巴”
  • Croatian: “Vrba”
  • Czech: “Vrba”
  • Dutch: “Vrba”
  • French: “Vrba”
  • Georgian: “ვრბა”
  • German: “Vrba”
  • Irish: “Vrba”
  • Italian: “Vrba”
  • Japanese: “ヴルバ”
  • Macedonian: “Врба”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vrba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vrba”
  • Polish: “Vrba”
  • Portuguese: “Vrba”
  • Romanian: “Vrba, Žirovnica”
  • Romanian: “Vrba”
  • Russian: “Врба”
  • Serbian: “Врба”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vrba”
  • Slovenian: “Velben”
  • Slovenian: “Vrba na Gorenjskem”
  • Slovenian: “Vrba, Žirovnica”
  • Slovenian: “Vrba”
  • Spanish: “Vrba”
  • Tatar: “Врба”
  • Ukrainian: “Врба”
  • Urdu: “وربا، ژیروو نیسا”
  • Vietnamese: “Vrba”

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