Sveta Planina

Sveta Planina (pronounced [ˈsʋèːta plaˈnìːna]; German: Heilige Alpe[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Trbovlje in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills northwest of the town of Trbovlje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Sveta Planina

Partizanski Vrh (1955–2002)
Sveta Planina
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′12.51″N 15°0′38.7″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionCentral Sava
MunicipalityTrbovlje
Area
 • Total2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Elevation
595.6 m (1,954.1 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total78
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Planina (literally, 'holy mountain pasture') to Partizanski vrh (literally, 'Partisan peak') 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 Sveta Planina was restored in 2002.[4][5][6][7] In the past the German name was Heilige Alpe.[2]

Church

The local parish church, built on a hill northeast of the main settlement, is dedicated to the Holy Name of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the late 18th century.[8]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 92. Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  3. Trbovlje municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. 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.
  6. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  7. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Sveta Planina (in Slovene)
  8. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2376


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