Lužarji Explained

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]

Name

The name Lužarji is a collective toponym, referring to a settlement where several people with the surname Lužar lived.[4]

Church

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]

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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. 44.
  3. http://www.velike-lasce.si/ Velike Lašče municipal site
  4. Encyclopedia: Kladnik . Drago . Velikolaška pokrajina . Enciklopedija Slovenije . 2000 . 14 . 177-178 . Mladinska knjiga . Ljubljana.
  5. Web site: Podružnica svetega Ožbolta in Marije Snežne na Lužarjih . Župnija Velike Lašče . August 18, 2020.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage