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Brežice
Sign in to saveBrežice (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria (territory on the left bank of the Sava River) and Lower Carniola (territory on the right bank of the Sava River). The entire municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.
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Brežice is a city in Slovenia that serves as the capital of the Municipality of Brežice. The municipality has an area of 8.9 and a population of 6,843, comprising 3,590 males and 3,253 females. The city is located at an elevation of 162 above sea level and operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones. Its official website is brezice.si, and it uses the license plate code KK.
The city is twinned with Dobřany. Brežice is situated in the administrative territorial entity of the Municipality of Brežice.
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Place details
- Locality
- Brežice
- Region
- Municipality of Brežice
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 6,843
- Timezone
- Europe/Ljubljana
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Brežice
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: View from above, German House, Brežice Castle, Municipality Building and Water Tower, Town Center
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Styria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lower Sava
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Brežice
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.9
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 6843
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
By train from Ljubljana, the trip takes around 1 hr 40 min (around €7 one way).
Do
Climb to the hill near the town to the church and to see the view Hiking trail to the healing plains Paddle or canoe in the river Krko
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Churches
- Main sights
- Brežice Castle
- Water Tower
- Education
- Brežice Upper Secondary School
- Brežice Faculty of Tourism
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Brežice (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria (territory on the left bank of the Sava River) and Lower Carniola (territory on the right bank of the Sava River). The entire municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.
Brežice prides itself on a rich historical and cultural heritage. The Lower Sava Valley Museum (), housed in Brežice Castle, contains archaeological and ethnological exhibits, exhibits on the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt, and a modern history collection. It is one of the largest regional museums in the country. A more recent landmark addition to the town is its water tower, as well as the double arches of the 527 m long iron bridge, which spans the Sava and Krka rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brežice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (14)
On the map
3 mapped locations