Puščava
Puščava is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. It extends from the right bank of the Drava River in the Pohorje Hills.Photo: Foonzzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 73 residents
- Description: place in Styria, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Devica Marija”, “Devica Marya”, “Puscava”, and “Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Mary of Help Parish Church, Puščava and Trnjekova kapelica sv. Cirila in Metoda.
Trnjekova kapelica sv. Cirila in Metoda
Wayside shrine
Photo: Foonzzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trnjekova kapelica sv. Cirila in Metoda is a wayside shrine.
Ožbalt Hydroelectric Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ožbalt Hydroelectric Power Plant is a power station, which is situated 3 km northwest of Puščava.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Činžat and Fala.
Činžat
Village
Činžat is a settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
Fala
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Fala is a settlement on the Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. The part of the settlement on the right bank of the river belongs to the Municipality of Ruše. The part on the left bank of the river is included in the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi.
Ožbalt
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ožbalt is a village on the left bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Podvelka in Slovenia. Ožbalt is situated 4½ km northwest of Puščava.
Puščava
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.55221° or 46° 33′ 8″ northLongitude
15.42082° or 15° 25′ 15″ eastPopulation
73Elevation
385 metres (1,263 feet)Open location code
8FRQHC2C+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 290508059OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3192200Wikidata ID
Q2040502
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Puščava” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Puščava”
- Chechen: “Пущава”
- Croatian: “Puščava”
- Czech: “Puščava”
- Dutch: “Puščava”
- French: “Puščava”
- German: “Maria in der Wüste”
- German: “Maria-Wüste”
- German: “Puščava”
- Irish: “Puščava”
- Polish: “Puščava (gmina Lovrenc na Pohorju)”
- Polish: “Puščava”
- Romanian: “Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju”
- Romanian: “Puščava”
- Serbian: “Пушчава (Ловренц на Похорју)”
- Serbian: “Пушчава”
- Slovenian: “Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju”
- Slovenian: “Puščava”
- Tatar: “Пущава”
- Ukrainian: “Пущава”
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