Vinska Gora

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Vinska Gora
Šent Janž na Vinski Gori (until 1955)
Vinska Gora
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°20′43.98″N 15°10′14.12″E / 46.3455500°N 15.1705889°E / 46.3455500; 15.1705889Coordinates: 46°20′43.98″N 15°10′14.12″E / 46.3455500°N 15.1705889°E / 46.3455500; 15.1705889
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Velenje
Area
 • Total 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation 373.4 m (1,225.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 361
[1]

Vinska Gora is a village in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Janž na Vinski Gori (literally, 'Saint John on Wine Mountain') to Vinska Gora (literally, 'Wine Mountain') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3][4][5]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in the 15th century with major rebuilding dating to the 19th century.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Velenje municipal site
  3. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. ↑ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  5. ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3027

External links

City Municipality of Velenje
Settlements

Administrative Centre: Velenje

Current
Former
  • Konovo
  • Pesje
  • Preloge
  • Šalek
  • Stara Vas
Landmarks
Notable people
  • Gustav Šilih
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