Srednja Vas pri Šenčurju explained

Official Name:Srednja Vas pri Šenčurju
Other Name:Srednja Vas (until 1955)
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:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Šenčur
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:487
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2588°N 14.4265°W
Elevation M:420.5
Footnotes:[1]

Srednja Vas pri Šenčurju (pronounced as /sl/; Slovenian: Srednja vas pri Šenčurju, German: Mitterdorf[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Šenčur in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Srednja vas to Srednja vas pri Šenčurju in 1955.[3] In the past the German name was Mitterdorf.[2]

Churches

Twin churches with a single shared spire in the village are dedicated to Saint Radegund and Saint Catherine. Saint Radegunde's is the older of the two with a Romanesque nave and Gothic frescos from around 1440. The sanctuary has Gothic rib vaulting from the second half of the 15th century and the nave was vaulted in 1853. Saint Catherine's is younger with a choir dated 1535. Eight Stations of the Cross are displayed in the nave and a wooden polychrome pulpit from the 17th century can be seen on the south wall.[4] The spire was probably built in the early 16th century at about the time the second church was erected.[5]

External links

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. 56.
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. http://www.sencur.si/predstavitev/naravna-in-kulturna-dediscina/cerkev-sv-katarine Šenčur municipal site
  5. Ivan Sedej: Sto Najlepših Cerkva na Slovenskem, Prešernova Družba, Ljubljana 1996, p. 110