Plač
Encyclopedia
Plač is a settlement in the Kungota
Municipality
in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills
in northeastern Slovenia
.
The Parish Church
in the village is dedicated to Saint Andrew
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. The church is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1197. The current building dates to 1652 - 1657 with some details of the Gothic
building still visible. The belfry
dates to the 19th century.
Kungota
Kungota is a municipality in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills in northeastern Slovenia. Its administrative centre is in the village of Zgornja Kungota.-External links:*...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills
Slovenske gorice
Slovenske gorice with an area of 1017 km2 is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria...
in northeastern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
The Parish Church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the village is dedicated to Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. The church is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1197. The current building dates to 1652 - 1657 with some details of the Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
building still visible. The belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
dates to the 19th century.