Žerovnica
Žerovnica is a village on the eastern shores of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 224 residents
- Description: village in Slovenia
- Also known as: “Zerovnica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cross Cave and Šteberk Castle.
Cross Cave
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cross Cave, also named Cold Cave under Cross Mountain, is a cave in Slovenia's Lož Valley, in the area between the Lož Karst Field, Cerknica Karst Field, and Bloke Plateau. Cross Cave is situated 3½ km southeast of Žerovnica.
Šteberk Castle
Ruins
Photo: Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Public domain.
The ruins of Šteberk Castle stand at an elevation of 647 meters above the settlement of Podšteberk southeast of Cerknica, Slovenia. The ruins are located in the territory of the village of Žerovnica.
Slivnica
Peak
Photo: Yerpo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slivnica is a peak in the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia, southeast of Cerknica on the edge of the plain defined by Lake Cerknica. Its southern and western slopes are covered in deciduous and pine forests, which also obstruct the view from the highest peak, Big Slivnica. Slivnica is situated 3½ km north of Žerovnica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lipsenj and Grahovo.
Lipsenj
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lipsenj is a small village between Žerovnica and Gorenje Jezero on the eastern edge of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Grahovo
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grahovo is a village on the eastern shores of Lake Cerknica in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Podšteberk
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Podšteberk is a former settlement in the Municipality of Cerknica in central Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Lipsenj. The area is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region.
Žerovnica
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Municipality of Cerknica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.75967° or 45° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
14.42579° or 14° 25′ 33″ eastPopulation
224Elevation
563 metres (1,847 feet)Open location code
8FQPQC5G+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 3401395659OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3218763Wikidata ID
Q2520561
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Žerovnica” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Žerovnica”
- Cebuano: “Žerovnica”
- Chechen: “Жеровниця”
- Croatian: “Žerovnica”
- Dutch: “Žerovnica”
- French: “Žerovnica”
- German: “Scheraunitz”
- Irish: “Žerovnica”
- Macedonian: “Жеровница”
- Polish: “Žerovnica”
- Romanian: “Žerovnica”
- Russian: “Жеровница”
- Serbian: “Жеровница (Церкница)”
- Serbian: “Жеровница”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Žerovnica”
- Slovenian: “Žerovnica”
- Tatar: “Жеровниця”
- Ukrainian: “Жеровниця”
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