Šentviška Gora Explained

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]

Church

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland . 1918 . K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei . Vienna . 39.
  3. Meze, Drago. 1988. Kmetije na Šentviški planoti in v Trebuši. Geografski zbornik 28: 87–126 pp. 92, 120.
  4. Tinta, Tadeja. 2011. Hidrogram enote v hidroloških modelih. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo, p. 43.
  5. http://www.tolmin.si/ Tolmin municipal site
  6. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches
  7. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 424.