Sveti Gregor, Ribnica Explained

Official Name:Sveti Gregor
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Ribnica
Area Total Km2:0.38
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:45
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7846°N 14.6408°W
Elevation M:735.5
Postal Code:1316
Footnotes:[1]

Sveti Gregor (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈsʋeːti ˈɡɾɛːɡɔɾ/; German: Sankt Gregor[2]) is a village in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement, from which the village also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Gregory and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1826 on the site of an earlier church.[4]

Notable people

The Slovene politician, journalist, and author Janez Evangelist Krek was born in the village in 1865. The house where he was born stood at the site of what is now the fire station.

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. 46.
  3. http://www.ribnica.si Ribnica municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage