Lebenice

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Country Slovenia
Elevation740 m (2,430 ft)
Lebenice
Lebenice is located in Slovenia
Lebenice
Lebenice
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′12″N 14°53′04″E / 46.20333°N 14.88444°E / 46.20333; 14.88444
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityLukovica
Elevation740 m (2,430 ft)

Lebenice (pronounced [lɛbɛˈniːtsɛ], German: Lebeniza[2]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Lukovica. It is now part of the village of Hribi.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Lebenice is a small high-elevation settlement on the northern slope of Kamnec Hill (elevation: 862 meters or 2,828 feet) above Motnik.[1] It lies north-northwest of the main hamlet in Hribi.

Name

Hiking sign for Lebenice

Lebenice appears in older sources in Slovene as Lebenize[4] and Levenice.[5] It was recorded in German as Lubenzach in 1571,[6] Leboniza in 1763–1787,[7] and Lebeniza in 1857.[2]

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