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Gorenja Žaga

Gorenja Žaga is a small settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River north of Kostel in southern . The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the .
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  • Type: Village with 13 residents
  • Description: settlement in the Municipality of Kostel, Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Gorenja Zaga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kostel Castle and Zdihovo.

Castle
Photo: Darkoj82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle above the settlement of Kostel in southeastern . It is located on a steep hill above the Kolpa River, not far from the border.

Dwelling
is an abandoned settlement in the in southern . It was inhabited by Gottschee Germans. At the start of the Second World War its original population was expelled.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dolenja Žaga and Zapuže pri Kostelu.

Village
is an abandoned settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River north of Kostel in southern . The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the .

Village
is a small settlement northwest of Kostel in southern . The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the .

Hamlet
is a settlement in the Municipality of in . In 2021, its population was 1.

Gorenja Žaga

Latitude
45.51813° or 45° 31′ 5″ north
Longitude
14.91139° or 14° 54′ 41″ east
Population
13
Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)
Open location code
8FQPGW96+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 875920036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8989301
Wiki­data ID
Q749998
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Gorenja Žaga” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Chechen: “Гореня Жага”
  • Croatian: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Dutch: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • French: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • German: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • German: “Obersaag”
  • German: “Oberschaga”
  • Irish: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Polish: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Romanian: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Scots: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Serbian: “Горења Жага”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Slovenian: “Gorenja Žaga”
  • Tatar: “Гореня Жага”
  • Ukrainian: “Гореня Жага”

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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 “Gorenja Žaga”. Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.