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Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Drava

Elevation
  
399 m

Population
  
70 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Styria

Municipality
  
Lovrenc na Pohorju

Area
  
4.7 km²

Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju

Puščava ([puˈʃtʃaːʋa]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Lovrenc na Pohorju in northeastern Slovenia. It extends from the right bank of the Drava River in the Pohorje Hills. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

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The local parish church is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians (Slovene: Marija Pomočnica) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a pilgrimage church built between 1668 and 1672 on the site of an earlier chapel of which only part of the belfry survives.

References

Puščava, Lovrenc na Pohorju Wikipedia