Skocjan
Škocjan is a settlement in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia, best known as the birthplace of the Slovene missionary Ignatius Knoblecher.
- Type: Village with 233 residents
- Description: in Škocjan Municipality
- Also known as: “Škocijan”, “Škocjan”, “Škocjan na Dolenjskem”, “Škocjan pri Novem Mestu”, and “Škocjan, Škocjan”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Cantianus and Companions Church of Škocjan and Cerkev Marijinega obiskanja.
Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hrastulje and Zavinek.
Skocjan
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Škocjan, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.90778° or 45° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
15.29062° or 15° 17′ 26″ east
Population
233
Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)
UN/LOCODE
SI SKO
Open location code
8FQQW75R+46
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Skocjan” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ስኮችያን”
- Arabic: “سكوتشيان”
- Azerbaijani: “Skocjan”
- Bengali: “স্কোচ্যান”
- Bosnian: “Škocjan”
- Cebuano: “Škocjan”
- Chechen: “Шкоцян”
- Chinese: “什科茨揚”
- Croatian: “Škocjan”
- Dutch: “Škocjan”
- French: “Skocjan”
- French: “Škocjan”
- German: “Sankt Kanzian”
- German: “Skocjan”
- German: “Škocjan”
- Hausa: “Skocjan”
- Hindi: “स्कोच्यान”
- Indonesian: “Skocjan”
- Irish: “Škocjan”
- Japanese: “スコチャン”
- Javanese: “Skocjan”
- Kazakh: “Скочьян”
- Kirghiz: “Скочьян”
- Malay: “Skocjan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Škocjan”
- Oromo: “Skocjan”
- Panjabi: “ਸ੍ਕੋਚਿਆਨ”
- Persian: “سکوچیان”
- Polish: “Škocjan (gmina Škocjan)”
- Polish: “Škocjan”
- Portuguese: “Skocjan”
- Pushto: “سکوچیان”
- Romanian: “Škocjan, Škocjan”
- Romanian: “Škocjan”
- Russian: “Ско́чьян”
- Russian: “Шкоцьян”
- Serbian: “Шкоцјан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Škocjan”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan, Škocjan”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan”
- Somali: “Skocjan”
- Spanish: “Skocjan”
- Swahili: “Skocjan”
- Tajik: “Скочьян”
- Tatar: “Скочьян”
- Tatar: “Шкоцян”
- Thai: “ชกอตซิยัน”
- Turkish: “Skocjan”
- Ukrainian: “Шкоцян”
- Urdu: “سکوچیان”
- Uzbek: “Skocjan”
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Places to explore: Dolenja Stara vas and Bregance.
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