Official Name: | Vrh pri Višnji Gori |
Other Name: | Vrh (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: | 1.82 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 106 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9686°N 14.7424°W |
Elevation M: | 551.6 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Vrh pri Višnji Gori (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋəɾx pɾi ˈʋiːʃnji ˈɡɔːɾi/; German: Greifenberg[2]) is a settlement in the hills to the north above Višnja Gora 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]
The name of the settlement was changed from Vrh to Vrh pri Višnji Gori in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Greifenberg.[2]
A number of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age graves have been found in and around the village. An inventory of the graves and finds is kept by the Vienna Museum of Natural History[5]