Preska
Preska is a small settlement in the hills northeast of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It no longer has any permanent residents. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2 residents
- Description: place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Preska, Sodražica”
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 railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ortnek railway station is situated 2½ km northeast of Preska.
Assumption of Mary Church
Church
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Assumption of Mary Church is situated 3 km south of Preska.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sinovica and Hudi Konec.
Sinovica
Village
Sinovica is a small settlement in the hills northeast of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The village is surrounded by fields and forests. Some of the buildings in the settlement are abandoned.
Hudi Konec
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hudi Konec is a small settlement east of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The whole municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Graben
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graben is a small settlement 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.
Preska
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Občina Sodražica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.77222° or 45° 46′ 20″ northLongitude
14.65777° or 14° 39′ 28″ eastPopulation
2Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)Open location code
8FQPQMC5+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4499985490OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8989407Wikidata ID
Q1902932
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Preska” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Preska”
- Chechen: “Преска”
- Croatian: “Preska”
- Dutch: “Preska”
- French: “Preska”
- Irish: “Preska”
- Polish: “Preska (gmina Sodražica)”
- Polish: “Preska”
- Romanian: “Preska, Sodražica”
- Romanian: “Preska”
- Serbian: “Преска (Содражица)”
- Serbian: “Преска”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Preska”
- Slovenian: “Preska, Sodražica”
- Slovenian: “Preska”
- Tatar: “Преска”
- Ukrainian: “Преска”
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