Spodnja Sorica
Spodnja Sorica is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the birthplace of the Slovene Impressionist painter Ivan Grohar.Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 103 residents
- Description: place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Sorica” and “Zraz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soriška Planina Ski Resort and Slatnik.
Soriška Planina Ski Resort
Soriška Planina Ski Resort is a family Slovenian ski resort located in municipality of Železniki. Closest city is Kranj and 60 km away from Ljubljana. Resort offers has 6 km of ski slopes and 5 km of cross-country skiing tracks. Soriška Planina Ski Resort is situated 2½ km northwest of Spodnja Sorica.Slatnik
Peak
Slatnik is a 1,598-meter mountain in northwestern Slovenia. It stands southwest of the Sorica Plateau. Slatnik is situated 3 km northwest of Spodnja Sorica.
Alpine Wall
Bunker
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alpine Wall was an Italian system of fortifications along the 1,851 km of Italy's northern frontier. Built in the years leading up to World War II at the direction of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the defensive line faced France, Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Alpine Wall is situated 3½ km northwest of Spodnja Sorica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zgornja Sorica and Spodnje Danje.
Zgornja Sorica
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zgornja Sorica is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Zgornja Sorica together with neighbouring Spodnja Sorica, like Nemški Rovt in Bohinj and Rut, is part of a former German language island in a remote valley of the Julian Alps.
Spodnje Danje
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spodnje Danje is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Zgornje Danje
Village
Photo: marjan.savli, CC BY 3.0.
Zgornje Danje is a high-elevation settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Although there are seven houses in the settlement, it no longer has any permanent residents. It includes the hamlet of Trojar.
Spodnja Sorica
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Železniki, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.21842° or 46° 13′ 6″ northLongitude
14.03248° or 14° 1′ 57″ eastPopulation
103Elevation
759 metres (2,490 feet)Open location code
8FRP629J+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3286870008OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3190233Wikidata ID
Q2308939
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Spodnja Sorica” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Cebuano: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Chechen: “Сподня Сориця”
- Croatian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Czech: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Dutch: “Spodnja Sorica”
- French: “Spodnja Sorica”
- German: “Spodnja Sorica”
- German: “Unterzarz”
- Irish: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Macedonian: “Сподња Сорица”
- Polish: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Romanian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Serbian: “Сподња Сорица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Slovenian: “Spodnja Sorica”
- Tatar: “Сподня Сориця”
- Ukrainian: “Сподня Сориця”
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