Bučka

Bučka
Bučka
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′48.02″N 15°18′51.23″E / 45.9300056°N 15.3142306°E / 45.9300056; 15.3142306Coordinates: 45°55′48.02″N 15°18′51.23″E / 45.9300056°N 15.3142306°E / 45.9300056; 15.3142306
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Škocjan
Area
 • Total 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation 272.1 m (892.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 114
[1]

Bučka (pronounced [ˈbuːtʃka]; German: Butschka[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škocjan in southeastern Slovenia. It is the administrative centre of the Local Community of Bučka. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] It has a small population. The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Matthew and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built around 1600. A second church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Martin.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 74.
  3. ↑ Škocjan municipal site
  4. ↑ "EŠD 1681". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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