Vrh pri Višnji Gori explained

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]

Name

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]

Cultural heritage

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]

Notable people

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. 100.
  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 15745 . sl . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 28 July 2011.