Otočec
Otočec is a settlement on the left bank of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 776 residents
- Description: place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Otoček”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Otočec Castle and Graben Castle.
Otočec Castle
Castle
Photo: Mark Doliner, CC BY 2.0.
Otočec Castle is a castle hotel on a small island in the middle of the Krka River in Otočec, Slovenia. It is the only water castle in Slovenia. The name Otočec means 'small island'.
Graben Castle
Castle
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graben Castle is situated 3½ km southwest of Otočec.
Cerkev Marijinega rojstva na Trški gori
Church
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cerkev Marijinega rojstva na Trški gori is a church, which is situated 3 km northwest of Otočec.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dolenja vas and Gumberk.
Dolenja vas
Village
Dolenja Vas is a settlement on the right bank of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Gumberk
Village
Gumberk is a settlement in the hills above the right bank of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Žihovo Selo
Village
Žihovo Selo is a settlement on the right bank of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Otočec
- Categories: human settlement, Local community (Slovenia), and locality
- Location: Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.83349° or 45° 50′ 1″ northLongitude
15.22163° or 15° 13′ 18″ eastPopulation
776Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)United Nations Location Code
SI OTOOpen location code
8FQQR6MC+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 57075060OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Otočec from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Uzbek—“Otočec” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Otočec”
- Cebuano: “Otočec”
- Chechen: “Оточець”
- Chinese: “奥托切克”
- Croatian: “Otočec”
- Czech: “Otočec”
- Dutch: “Otočec”
- French: “Otočec”
- German: “Otocec”
- German: “Otočec”
- German: “St. Peter bei Neustädtel”
- German: “Wördl”
- Hungarian: “Otočec”
- Irish: “Otočec”
- Japanese: “オトセック”
- Japanese: “オトチェツ”
- Polish: “Otočec”
- Romanian: “Otočec”
- Russian: “Оточец”
- Serbian: “Оточец”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otočec”
- Slovak: “Otočec”
- Slovenian: “Otočec”
- Spanish: “Otočec”
- Tatar: “Оточець”
- Ukrainian: “Оточець”
- Uzbek: “Otočec”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Župnijska cerkev sv. Petra and Pustolovski park Otočec.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Otočec”. Photo: Žiga, Public domain.