Mirna Peč Explained

Official Name:Mirna Peč
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
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:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Mirna Peč
Area Total Km2:6.5
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:1015[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.858°N 15.0876°W
Elevation M:233

Mirna Peč (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmiːɾna ˈpeːtʃ/; German: Hönigstein[2]) is a rural settlement in southeast Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mirna Peč.

Geography

Mirna Peč is located about 10 km northwest of Novo Mesto, the cultural and administrative centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola, in the heart of the Temenica Valley. Mirna Peč consists of 16 streets: Brezence, Borovje, Češence, Industrijska cesta, Ivanja Vas, Marof, Na hirb, Ob avtocesti, Postja, Prisojna Pot, Rogovila, Rožna Ulica, Šranga, Trg, and Vihre.[3]

Culture

The Mirna Peč parish church of Saint Cantianius is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built in 1915 on the site of a 15th-century predecessor.[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mirna Peč include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 154.
  3. Web site: Odlok o naseljih in ulicah v Občini Mirna Peč . 26 April 2013 . XXIII . 35 . Uradni list Republike Slovenije . Služba Vlade RS za zakonodajo . Ljubljana . 4284 . Slovenian . 1318-0576 . 26 February 2014.
  4. Web site: EŠD 2041 . Slovenian . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 20 April 2011.
  5. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 513.