Svetega Petra Hrib Explained
| Official Name: | Svetega Petra Hrib |
| Other Name: | Hrib pri Zmincu (1955–1994) |
| 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: | Škofja Loka |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.63 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 32 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.1331°N 14.2821°W |
| Elevation M: | 655.5 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Svetega Petra Hrib (pronounced as /sl/; in older sources also Sveti Peter,[2] German: Sankt Peter im Gebirge[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name Svetega Petra Hrib means 'Saint Peter's Hill', referring to the location of the village on a hill that rises above Saint Peter's Church in Bodovlje. The name of the settlement was changed from Svetega Petra Hrib (literally, 'Saint Peter's hill') to Hrib pri Zmincu (literally, 'hill near Zminec') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Svetega Petra Hrib was restored in 1994.[3] [4] [5] In the past the German name was Sankt Peter im Gebirge.[2]
Cultural heritage
- The Babnik Granary (Slovenian: Babnikova kašča) stands at the Babnik farm in the southern part of the settlement, near Bodovlje Creek (Slovenian: Bodoljska grapa). It has a stone foundation and a wooden upper story with a balcony.[6]
- The Arhar Chapel (Slovenian: Arharjeva kapela) stands above the Arhar farm in the northern part of the settlement. It dates from the mid-19th century and is said to have been built in thanksgiving after a wolf was driven away from the Arhar farm. The altar in the chapel is dedicated to Saint Bernard, and his image on the altar is flanked by statues of Saint Peter to the left and Saint Paul to the right.[6] The chapel was renovated in 1935[6] and again in 2015.[7]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64.
- Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
- Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
- Book: Štukl . France . Po poti kulturne dediščine . 2011 . Občina Škofja Loka . Škofja Loka . 978-961-93149-0-6 . 118-121.
- Plaque on the Arhar Chapel: "Arharjeva kapela. V celoti obnovljena. Blagoslovljena 22. 8. 2015."
