Kapele,_Brežice
Kapele, Brežice
Place in Styria, Slovenia
Kapele (pronounced [kaˈpeːlɛ], German: Kapellen[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3] The village was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1249. The village core is concentrated around the village square, dominated by the parish church and also including the local school, the rectory, two inns, and a village fire station.[4] The Jovsi wetland lies east of the village.