Šentgotard Explained

Official Name:Šentgotard
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Central Sava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Zagorje ob Savi
Area Total Km2:0.73
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:64
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1877°N 14.9076°W
Elevation M:627.2
Postal Code:1222
Footnotes:[1]

Šentgotard (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛntˈɡoːtaɾt/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃəntˈɡoːtaɾt/; German: Sankt Gotthard[2]) is a village in the hills east of Trojane in central Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Gotthard and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the 18th century.[4]

Notable people

France Cukjati, a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, was born in Šentgotard in 1943.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp 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. 22.
  3. http://www.zagorje.si Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage