Pristava nad Stično explained

Official Name:Pristava nad Stično
Other Name:Pristava (until 1953)
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ivančna Gorica
Area Total Km2:1.48
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:16
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9871°N 14.8215°W
Elevation M:670.7
Footnotes:[1]

Pristava nad Stično (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɾiˈstaːʋa nat ˈstiːtʃnɔ/; German: Maierhof[2]) is a small settlement in the hills north of Stična in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Pristava to Pristava nad Stično in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Maierhof.[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Lambert and belongs to the Parish of Stična. It was built in 1497 on the site of a medieval castle where Viridis Visconti, the wife of Leopold III, Duke of Austria, lived after her husband's death in 1386 until her own death in 1414.[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. 98.
  3. http://www.ivancna-gorica.si/ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. Web site: EŠD 15741 . sl . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 30 August 2011.