Gradišče, Šmartno pri Litiji

Gradišče
Gradišče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°48′50.56″N 14°54′49.14″E / 45.8140444°N 14.9136500°ECoordinates: 45°48′50.56″N 14°54′49.14″E / 45.8140444°N 14.9136500°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Šmartno pri Litiji
Area
 • Total 1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation 485 m (1,591 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 75
[1]

Gradišče (pronounced [ɡɾaˈdiːʃtʃɛ]; German: Gradische)[2] is small settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] It includes the hamlets of Kremenjek and Primskova Gora (German: Primskauberg[2]).[4]

The local church is known as the Primskovo parish church; it is built on top of a hill west of the settlement, is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary, and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the 16th century.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90–91.
  3. ↑ Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  4. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 264.
  5. ↑ "EŠD 2191". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

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