Sveti Vrh

Sveti Vrh (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈʋəɾx]; German: Heiligenberg[2]) is a settlement in the hills east of Mokronog in the Municipality of Mokronog-Trebelno in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Sveti Vrh

Vrh nad Mokronogom (1955–1992)
Sveti Vrh
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°56′29.61″N 15°10′22.6″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityMokronog-Trebelno
Area
 • Total1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Elevation
377.1 m (1,237.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total92
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Vrh (literally, 'holy peak') to Vrh nad Mokronogom (literally, 'peak above Mokronog') 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 Sveti Vrh was restored in 1992.[4][5][6] In the past the German name was Heiligenberg.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Parish of Mokronog. It dates to the early 15th century and preserves frescos dating to around 1430 on its interior walls. It was restyled in the Baroque in the 18th century.[7]

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. 82.
  3. Mokronog-Trebelno municipal website
  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. "EŠD 2056". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 19 May 2011.


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