Šentviška Gora (pronounced [ʃɛnˈtʋiːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa] or [ʃən-], in older sources Svetoviška Gora,[2] German: Sankt Veitsberg[2]) is the main settlement in the hills between the valleys of the Bača and Idrijca rivers, known as the St. Vitus Plateau (Slovene: Šentviška planota) or Šentviška Gora Plateau (Šentviškogorska planota),[3][4] in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[5]
Šentviška Gora | |
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  Šentviška Gora Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°7′3″N 13°52′5.86″E / 46.11750°N 13.8682944°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Slovenian Littoral |
| Statistical region | Gorizia |
| Municipality | Tolmin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 624.5 m (2,048.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 106 |
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Church
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The parish church, from which the settlement and the entire plateau gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[6] It was first mentioned as the seat of the parish in documents dating to 1192, although the current building is Baroque in style. Its interior was painted in the early 20th century by Tone Kralj.
Notable people
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Although he was probably born in Ribnica in southern Slovenia, a Slovene folk tradition claims Šentviška Gora as the birthplace of the composer Jacobus Gallus.[7]
References
edit- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 39.
- ^ Meze, Drago. 1988. Kmetije na Šentviški planoti in v Trebuši. Geografski zbornik 28: 87–126 pp. 92, 120.
- ^ Tinta, Tadeja. 2011. Hidrogram enote v hidroloških modelih. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo, p. 43.
- ^ Tolmin municipal site
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches
- ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 424.
External links
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Media related to Šentviška Gora at Wikimedia Commons- Šentviška Gora on Geopedia
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