Vrba
Vrba is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniolan region of Slovenia. It was first mentioned in written sources from 1247 and is a typical example of a compact Alpine village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
St. Mark’s Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mark's Church is a small church on the outskirts of the village of Vrba in Upper Carniola in Slovenia. Despite being a modest and unprepossessing building, St.
Ajdna
Peak
Photo: Luka Škerjanec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ajdna is a peak in the Karawanks in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Access to it is easiest from the village of Potoki in the neighbouring Municipality of Jesenice. Ajdna is situated 4 km north of Vrba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breznica and Zabreznica.
Breznica
Village
Photo: Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Breznica is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. 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.
Zabreznica
Village
Selo pri Žirovnici
Village
Photo: Kaktus999, Public domain.
Selo pri Žirovnici is one of ten villages in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It lies on the slopes of the Reber range between Žirovnica and Zabreznica and is more or less a continuous settlement with Zabreznica.
Vrba
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Žirovnica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.38898° or 46° 23′ 20″ northLongitude
14.14692° or 14° 8′ 49″ eastPopulation
196Elevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)Open location code
8FRP94QW+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1144464187OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3187306Wikidata 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 (Жировница)”
- Serbian: “Врба”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vrba”
- Slovenian: “Velben”
- Slovenian: “Vrba na Gorenjskem”
- Slovenian: “Vrba, Žirovnica”
- Slovenian: “Vrba”
- Spanish: “Vrba”
- Tatar: “Врба”
- Ukrainian: “Врба”
- Vietnamese: “Vrba”
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