Brinovščica
Brinovščica is a small settlement in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Ribnica, part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola, and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 17 residents
- Description: place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Brinovscica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ortnek Castle and Ortnek railway station.
Ortnek Castle
Castle
Photo: Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Public domain.
Ortnek Castle is a 12th-century castle ruin in the vicinity of the town of Ribnica, Slovenia. The ruin stands on Big Žrnovec Hill, near the village of Hudi Konec. Ortnek Castle is situated 3 km east of Brinovščica.
Ortnek railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ortnek railway station is situated 3½ km east of Brinovščica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sveti Gregor and Andol.
Sveti Gregor
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sveti Gregor is a village in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Andol
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andol is a small settlement in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Krnče
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krnče is a small settlement north of the village of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Brinovščica
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Ribnica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.78132° or 45° 46′ 53″ northLongitude
14.63517° or 14° 38′ 7″ eastPopulation
17Elevation
698 metres (2,290 feet)Open location code
8FQPQJJP+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4293710589OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8989116Wikidata ID
Q2534358
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Brinovščica” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Brinovščica”
- Chechen: “Бриновщиця”
- Croatian: “Brinovščica”
- Dutch: “Brinovščica”
- French: “Brinovščica”
- German: “Brinoschitz”
- German: “Brinovščica”
- Irish: “Brinovščica”
- Polish: “Brinovščica”
- Romanian: “Brinovščica”
- Serbian: “Бриновшчица”
- Slovenian: “Brinovščica”
- Tatar: “Бриновщиця”
- Ukrainian: “Бриновщиця”
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Highlights include Cerkev Sv. Gregor and Gasilski dom.
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