Official Name: | Plešivica |
Other Name: | Pleševica (until 1988) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Žužemberk |
Area Total Km2: | 2.63 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 17 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8267°N 14.8763°W |
Elevation M: | 403.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Plešivica (pronounced as /sl/) is a small village in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Pleševica to Plešivica in 1988.[3]
The local church, built on a hill east of the settlement, was dedicated to Saint Catherine and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526. It was burned down by the Partisans in 1943.[4] [5]