Official Name: | Breg pri Litiji |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Litija |
Area Total Km2: | 0.88 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 196 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.0641°N 14.8516°W |
Elevation M: | 237.7 |
Postal Code: | 1270 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Breg pri Litiji (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbɾeːk pɾi liˈtiːji/; German: Rann[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 the municipality was part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Breg pri Litiji was attested in written sources as Rein in 1444.[4] The name of the settlement was changed from Breg to Breg pri Litiji in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Rann.[2]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Catherine and has belonged to the Parish of Litija since 1936; it previously belonged to the Parish of Šmartno.[6] It was a 16th-century Gothic building that was restyled in the Baroque in the 18th century.[6] [7] The church was originally dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and was a pilgrimage church for people invoking their help against disease. The date of its rededication to Saint Catherine is unknown.[6] The main altar is dedicated to Saint Catherine, and the side altars are dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk and Saint Francis Xavier.[6]