Škocjan
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TadejM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 233 residents
- Description: in Škocjan Municipality
- Also known as: “Škocijan”, “Skocjan”, and “Škocjan, Škocjan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Cantianus and Companions Church of Škocjan and Cerkev Marijinega obiskanja.
Cerkev Marijinega obiskanja
Church
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cerkev Marijinega obiskanja is a church.
Our Lady of the Rosary Church
Church
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Our Lady of the Rosary Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Škocjan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hrastulje and Zavinek.
Hrastulje
Village
Hrastulje is a settlement just northeast of Škocjan in the historical region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. Within the municipality, it belongs to the Local Community of Škocjan.
Zavinek
Village
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC0.
Zavinek is a small settlement south of Škocjan in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. Within the Municipality of Škocjan, it belongs to the Local Community of Škocjan.
Zloganje
Village
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zloganje is a village just north of Škocjan in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. Within the Municipality of Škocjan, it belongs to the Local Community of Škocjan.
Škocjan
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Občina Škocjan, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.90778° or 45° 54′ 28″ northLongitude
15.29062° or 15° 17′ 26″ eastPopulation
233Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)United Nations Location Code
SI SKOOpen location code
8FQQW75R+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 526103055OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Škocjan” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Škocjan”
- Cebuano: “Škocjan”
- Chechen: “Шкоцян”
- Chinese: “什科茨揚”
- Croatian: “Škocjan”
- Dutch: “Škocjan”
- French: “Škocjan”
- German: “Sankt Kanzian”
- German: “Škocjan”
- Irish: “Škocjan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Škocjan”
- Polish: “Škocjan (gmina Škocjan)”
- Polish: “Škocjan”
- Romanian: “Škocjan, Škocjan”
- Romanian: “Škocjan”
- Russian: “Шкоцьян”
- Serbian: “Шкоцјан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Škocjan”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan na Dolenjskem”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan pri Novem Mestu”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan, Škocjan”
- Slovenian: “Škocjan”
- Tatar: “Шкоцян”
- Thai: “ชกอตซิยัน”
- Ukrainian: “Шкоцян”
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