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Zgornje Jezersko, Slovenia

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Zgornje Jezersko is a settlement that is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Jezersko in Slovenia. It is part of the traditional Slovenian Carinthia region and the Upper Carniola Statistical Region.Geographical featuresJezernica Creek, a tributary of the Kokra River, flows through Zgornje Jezersko. Other major geographical features in or bordering the settlement's territory include Lake Planšar, the Ravni Combe, Makek Combe, Kokra Combe, and Jezersko Combe, and Mount Grintovec and Mount Virnik Grintavec.ChurchesThere are three churches in the settlement. Two of them, including the parish church, are dedicated to Saint Oswald. The older one, a chapel of ease of late 12th-century origin, was built above the village and the larger 19th-century church is on the northern outskirts of the main settlement. St. Andrew's Church, another chapel of ease, is located in the hamlet of Ravne, northeast of the main settlement. There is also a chapel dedicated to Saint Hubertus in the settlement.

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