Tisovec is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Dobrepolje

Dobrepolje

Dobrepolje is a municipality in Slovenia. It lies in a karst valley approximately south of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. The administrative centre of the municipality is in Ponikve. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central...

 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 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...

. It lies in the hills to the northeast of Četež pri Strugah

Četež pri Strugah

Četež pri Strugah is a small settlement in the Dobrepolje municipality in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region.-External links:*...

. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola was a kreis of the historical Habsburg crown land of Carniola from 1849 till 1919 and is nowadays a traditional region of Slovenia. Its center is Novo Mesto, while other urban centers include Kočevje, Grosuplje, Krško, Trebnje, Mirna, Črnomelj, Semič, and Metlika.-See also:* Upper...

. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region

Osrednjeslovenska statistical region

The Central Slovenia statistical region is a statistical region in central Slovenia. It includes the Slovene capital Ljubljana and is the most densely populated area of Slovenia. In terms of size it is the second largest region. It has good traffic connections in all directions and is economically...

.

The local church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

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 and belongs to the Struge

Pri Cerkvi-Struge

Pri Cerkvi-Struge is a village in the Dobrepolje municipality in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region....

 parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

. It is a medieval building that was extensively rebuilt in the mid 18th century.

External links

• Tisovec at Geopedia