Official Name: | Šentviška Gora |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Slovenian Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorizia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tolmin |
Area Total Km2: | 3.4 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 106 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1175°N 13.8683°W |
Elevation M: | 624.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Šentviška Gora (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛnˈtʋiːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /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 (Slovenian: Šentviška planota) or Šentviška Gora Plateau (Šentviškogorska planota),[3] [4] in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[5]
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.
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]