It is an old settlement, first mentioned in 973 AD, and was formerly the main settlement and center for the entire Selca Valley (Slovene: Selška dolina), which was named after the village. Only in more recent times did Železniki become the administrative center for the area.
selca, Železniki, selca, pronounced, ˈseːu, older, sources, also, selce, german, selzach, village, municipality, Železniki, upper, carniola, region, slovenia, selcaselcalocation, sloveniacoordinates, 2245667, 1983500, 2245667, 1983500countrysloveniatraditional. Selca pronounced ˈseːu tsa in older sources also Selce 2 German Selzach 2 is a village in the Municipality of Zelezniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia SelcaSelcaLocation in SloveniaCoordinates 46 13 28 44 N 14 11 54 06 E 46 2245667 N 14 1983500 E 46 2245667 14 1983500CountrySloveniaTraditional RegionUpper CarniolaStatistical regionUpper CarniolaMunicipalityZeleznikiElevation449 m 1 473 ft Population 2002 Total678 1 Contents 1 History 2 Churches 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIt is an old settlement first mentioned in 973 AD and was formerly the main settlement and center for the entire Selca Valley Slovene Selska dolina which was named after the village Only in more recent times did Zelezniki become the administrative center for the area Churches edit nbsp Saint Peter s Church nbsp Feast of the Cross ChurchChurches in Selca The Baroque parish church in Selca is dedicated to Saint Peter 3 It belongs to the Archdiocese of Ljubljana A second church built just outside the village at the cemetery is dedicated to the Feast of the Cross 4 References edit Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia a b Leksikon obcin kraljestev in dezel zastopanih v drzavnem zboru vol 6 Kranjsko Vienna C Kr Dvorna in Drzavna Tiskarna 1906 p 62 Selca Parish website Archived 2008 09 26 at the Wayback Machine Druzina RC Church in Slovenia journal web siteExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Selca at Wikimedia Commons Selca on Geopedia nbsp This article about the Municipality of Zelezniki in Slovenia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selca Zelezniki amp oldid 1175443648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
