Črmošnjice is a village

Village

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 in the 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...

 of Semič

Semic

Semič is a market town and a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of White Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region. It gets its name from Semenič Castle that used to stand on a hill above the settlement...

 in Slovenia

Slovenia

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. It lies on the eastern edge of the area that used to be inhabited by Gottschee Germans

Gottschee County

Gottschee County refers to the former German speaking region in the Duchy of Carniola , a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, located in modern day Slovenia...

 expelled in 1941 during the Second World War. 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 Southeast Slovenia statistical region

Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region

The Southeast Slovenia statistical region is a statistical region in the south-east of Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Novo Mesto. It is the largest region in Slovenia. It has the highest share of young people with 15.8%...

.

The local parish church

Parish church

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 is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary

Assumption of Mary

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 and belongs to Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto

Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto is a diocese located in the city of Novo Mesto in the Ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana in Slovenia.-History:* April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Novo Mesto from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana...

. It dates to the 16th century.

External links

• Črmošnjice at Geopedia