Dren
Dren is a small settlement in the hills above the left bank of the Kolpa River southwest of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Photo: Upwinxp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 22 residents
- Description: place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Dren, Kostel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kostel Castle and Nežica.
Kostel Castle
Castle
Photo: Darkoj82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kostel Castle is a castle above the settlement of Kostel in southeastern Slovenia. It is located on a steep hill above the Kolpa River, not far from the Croatian border.
Zdihovo
Dwelling
Zdihovo is an abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was inhabited by Gottschee Germans. At the start of the Second World War its original population was expelled. Zdihovo is situated 3½ km north of Dren.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colnarji and Oskrt.
Colnarji
Village
Photo: Upwinxp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colnarji is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Oskrt
Village
Oskrt is a small settlement west of Vrh pri Fari in the hills above the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia.
Poden
Hamlet
Photo: Brankoob, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poden is a small dispersed settlement in the hills above the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Dren
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kostel, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.49617° or 45° 29′ 46″ northLongitude
14.89656° or 14° 53′ 48″ eastPopulation
22Elevation
575 metres (1,886 feet)Open location code
8FQPFVWW+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3901790559OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8989023Wikidata ID
Q2402430
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Satellite Map
Discover Dren from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Dren” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Dren”
- Chechen: “Дрен”
- Croatian: “Dren”
- Dutch: “Dren”
- French: “Dren”
- German: “Dren”
- German: “Dreng”
- Irish: “Dren”
- Polish: “Dren (gmina Kostel)”
- Polish: “Dren”
- Romanian: “Dren, Kostel”
- Romanian: “Dren”
- Scots: “Dren, Kostel”
- Scots: “Dren”
- Serbian: “Дрен (Костел)”
- Serbian: “Дрен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dren”
- Slovenian: “Dren, Kostel”
- Slovenian: “Dren”
- Tatar: “Дрен”
- Ukrainian: “Дрен”
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