Voglajna
river in Slovenia
The Voglajna (pronounced [ʋɔˈɡlaːi̯na]) is a river in Styria, Slovenia. The river is 35 kilometres (22 mi) long (including its source river, the Ločnica), and its catchment area is 412 km2 (159 sq mi). Its source is Lake Slivnica (Slovene: Slivniško jezero) near Slivnica pri Celju. It passes Šentjur, the ruins of Rifnik Castle, and Štore, and then merges with the Savinja River in Celje.
“Voglajna” enters the record as river in Slovenia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Voglajna, river and Slovenia can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3435793. Authority coordinates are 46.233, 15.283. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Voglajna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.