Zgornji Velovlek

Zgornji Velovlek
Zgornji Velovlek
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°28′22.31″N 15°54′34.59″E / 46.4728639°N 15.9096083°E / 46.4728639; 15.9096083Coordinates: 46°28′22.31″N 15°54′34.59″E / 46.4728639°N 15.9096083°E / 46.4728639; 15.9096083
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Destrnik
Area
 • Total 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation 239.1 m (784.4 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 85
[1]

Zgornji Velovlek (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ʋɛˈloːu̯lɛk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Destrnik in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

There is a small chapel-shrine with a wooden belfry on the regional road from Ptuj to Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah in the settlement. It dates to the early 20th century.[3]

There are a number of Roman-period burial mounds in the area of the settlement.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Destrnik municipal site
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. reference number ešd 19987
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. reference numbers ešd 6456 & 6457
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