Sveti Tomaž, Škofja Loka

Sveti Tomaž
Tomaž nad Praprotnim (1955–2000)
Sveti Tomaž

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°11′2.53″N 14°14′41.73″E / 46.1840361°N 14.2449250°ECoordinates: 46°11′2.53″N 14°14′41.73″E / 46.1840361°N 14.2449250°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
 • Total 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation 647.8 m (2,125.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 55
[1]

Sveti Tomaž (pronounced [ˈsveːti tɔˈmaːʃ]; German: Sankt Thomas[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 Sveti Tomaž (literally, 'Saint Thomas') to Tomaž nad Praprotnim (literally, 'Thomas above Praprotno') 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] The name Sveti Tomaž was restored in 2000.[6] In the 19th century the German name was Sankt Thomas.[2]

Church

The original church in the settlement, dedicated to Saint Thomas, was a Romanesque structure with a square nave and a rounded apse. The remains of this are still visible in the corner of the sanctuary. The surviving sanctuary is mostly Gothic, dating to around 1500. The church was rebuilt a number of times, most extensively in 1848 when three layers of frescos were revealed, the oldest dating to the early 14th century, the second layer to around 1400, and the top layer to the early 16th century.[7]

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, p. 62.
  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. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Sv. Tomaž
  7. ↑ Škofja Loka municipal declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007

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