Kokra (settlement)

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
46°20′13.51″N 14°30′41.24″E / 46.3370861°N 14.5114556°E / 46.3370861; 14.5114556Country SloveniaTraditional regionUpper CarniolaStatistical regionUpper CarniolaMunicipalityPreddvorArea
 • Total52.74 km2 (20.36 sq mi)Elevation
898.9 m (2,949.1 ft)Population
 (2002)
 • Total266[1]

Kokra (pronounced [ˈkoːkɾa]; German: Kanker[2]) is a settlement scattered along a 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) stretch of the road from Kranj to Jezersko Peak in the Kokra Valley in the Municipality of Preddvor in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Church

Immaculate Conception Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.[4] It was completed in 1797 and dedicated in 1802.[5]

Other cultural heritage

There is also a monument to the local victims of the Second World War in the settlement.[6]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
  3. ^ Preddvor municipal site
  4. ^ "Kokra". Družina. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ Kokra at Kam.si (in Slovene)
  6. ^ "Official Journal of the Municipality of Preddvor 12(4), 19 October 2006, with list of declared cultural monuments in the municipality" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
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