Official Name: | Lužarji |
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 Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Velike Lašče |
Area Total Km2: | 1.2 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 20 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8034°N 14.5567°W |
Elevation M: | 787.3 |
Postal Code: | 1385 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Lužarji (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈluːʒaɾji/; German: Luschari[2]) is a small village in the hills southwest of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
The name Lužarji is a collective toponym, referring to a settlement where several people with the surname Lužar lived.[4]
The local church, built outside the settlement to the north, is dedicated to Saint Oswald and belongs to the Parish of Velike Lašče. It is a medieval building that was thoroughly rebuilt in the mid-18th century. The church was burned during the Second World War, at Christmas 1942.[5] After the war, there was political opposition in Yugoslavia to restoring the church.[5] It was restored in the 1980s and was consecrated by Bishop Stanislav Lenič on August 1, 1982.[5] [6]