Ježni Vrh Explained

Official Name:Ježni Vrh
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:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Šmartno pri Litiji
Area Total Km2:0.41
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:21
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.0062°N 14.9081°W
Elevation M:543.6
Footnotes:[1]

Ježni Vrh (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈjeːʒni ˈʋəɾx/; in older sources also Ješenji Vrh,[2] German: Jeschenberg[2]) is a small settlement in the hills southeast of Velika Kostrevnica in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

Ježni Vrh was attested in historical sources as monte ferreo and Eisenberg in 1316, Eysenperg in 1420, and Essenperg in 1505.[4]

Church

The church in Ježni Vrh is dedicated to Saint Peter and was completed in 1998. The church was built in gratitude by locals to commemorate the rescue of a group of 60 villagers from their Partisan captors in 1944; the villagers were tortured and led to an abandoned mine for execution, but then released. The church contains a statue of Saint Peter created by Bojan Stine. The church was consecrated by Prelate Božidar Metelko in 1999, and its third bell was blessed by Archbishop Franc Rode in 2000.[5]

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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. 90.
  3. http://www.smartno-litija.si Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  4. Web site: Ježni Vrh . Slovenska historična topografija . ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa . March 28, 2021.
  5. Zadražnik, Vinko. 2003. Gradnja cerkve svetega Petra na Ježnem Vrhu. In: Pavel Sporn (ed.), Rod se za rodom vrsti. Zbornik. Župnije Primskovo na Dolenjskem ob 250-letnici začetka župnije, pp. 423–426. Primskovo: Župniški urad.