Orehek
Orehek is a village southwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the Koper Diocese.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 201 residents
- Description: place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Nussdorf” and “Orehek, Postojna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prestranek Castle and Postojna Airfield.
Prestranek Castle
Castle
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Prestranek Castle is situated 2½ km southeast of Orehek.
Postojna Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Postojna Airfield is an aerodrome, which is situated 3½ km east of Orehek.
Prestranek railway station
Railway station
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prestranek railway station is situated 3½ km southeast of Orehek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Studenec and Rakulik.
Studenec
Village
Studenec is a village west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Barbara and belongs to the Parish of Hrenovice.
Rakulik
Hamlet
Rakulik is a small settlement in the hills south of Hruševje in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The local church, built on a small hill north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk and belongs to the Parish of Hrenovice.
Dilce
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dilce is a small settlement west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Dilce was a hamlet of Goriče until 1994, when it was separated and made an independent settlement. Dilce is situated 2½ km northwest of Orehek.
Orehek
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Postojna, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.7493° or 45° 44′ 58″ northLongitude
14.15345° or 14° 9′ 12″ eastPopulation
201Elevation
583 metres (1,913 feet)Open location code
8FQPP5X3+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1687126590OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3194028Wikidata ID
Q2418759
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Orehek” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Orehek”
- Bulgarian: “Орехек”
- Cebuano: “Orehek”
- Chechen: “Орехек”
- Croatian: “Orehek”
- Dutch: “Orehek”
- French: “Orehek”
- Irish: “Orehek”
- Italian: “Orecca di Postumia”
- Italian: “Orecca”
- Italian: “Orehek”
- Macedonian: “Орехек (Постојна)”
- Macedonian: “Орехек”
- Polish: “Orehek (gmina Postojna)”
- Polish: “Orehek”
- Romanian: “Orehek, Postojna”
- Romanian: “Orehek”
- Russian: “Орехек”
- Serbian: “Орехек (Постојна)”
- Serbian: “Орехек”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orehek”
- Slovenian: “Orehek, Postojna”
- Slovenian: “Orehek”
- Tatar: “Орехек”
- Ukrainian: “Орехек”
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