Briga
Briga is a small settlement northwest of Banja Loka 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.- Type: Village with 15 residents
- Description: small settlement in the Municipality of Kostel in Slovenia
- Also known as: “Briga, Kostel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zdihovo.
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 east of Briga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puc and Drežnik.
Puc
Village
Puc is a small settlement in the hills northwest of Banja Loka 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.
Drežnik
Village
Drežnik is a small settlement west of Banja Loka 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.
Vimolj
Village
Vimolj is a small settlement immediately north of Banja Loka 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.
Briga
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Kostel, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.51908° or 45° 31′ 9″ northLongitude
14.859° or 14° 51′ 32″ eastPopulation
15Elevation
570 metres (1,870 feet)Open location code
8FQPGV95+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3901786514OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8989653Wikidata ID
Q2081583
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Briga” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Briga”
- Chechen: “Брига”
- Croatian: “Briga”
- Dutch: “Briga”
- French: “Briga”
- German: “Brieg”
- German: “Briga”
- German: “Tiefenbach”
- Irish: “Briga”
- Polish: “Briga”
- Romanian: “Briga, Kostel”
- Romanian: “Briga”
- Russian: “Брига”
- Scots: “Briga, Kostel”
- Scots: “Briga”
- Serbian: “Брига (Костел)”
- Serbian: “Брига”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Briga”
- Slovenian: “Briga”
- Tatar: “Брига”
- Ukrainian: “Брига”
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