Svetega Petra Hrib

Svetega Petra Hrib
Hrib pri Zmincu (1955–1994)
Svetega Petra Hrib

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°7′59.08″N 14°16′55.62″E / 46.1330778°N 14.2821167°ECoordinates: 46°7′59.08″N 14°16′55.62″E / 46.1330778°N 14.2821167°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
  Total 1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Elevation 655.5 m (2,150.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 32
[1]

Svetega Petra Hrib (pronounced [ˈsveːtɛɡa ˈpeːtɾa ˈxɾːip]; in older sources also Sveti Peter,[2] German: Sankt Peter im Gebirge[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Svetega Petra Hrib (literally, 'Saint Peter’s hill') to Hrib pri Zmincu (literally, 'hill near Zminec') 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. The name Svetega Petra Hrib was restored in 1994.[3][4][5] In the past the German name was Sankt Peter im Gebirge.[2]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64.
  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.

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