Zagorica nad Kamnikom explained

Official Name:Zagorica nad Kamnikom
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kamnik
Area Total Km2:0.39
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:155
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2606°N 14.6014°W
Elevation M:434.7
Footnotes:[1]

Zagorica nad Kamnikom (in Slovenian pronounced as /zaɡɔˈɾiːtsa nat ˈkaːmnikɔm/; German: Sagoritz)[2] is a settlement on the right bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Zagorica to Zagorica nad Kamnikom in 1953.[3] In the past the German name was Sagoritz.[2]

Church

The Stranje parish church, dedicated to Saint Benedict, is built on a small hill at the southern end of the settlement. The chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on the Big Pasture Plateau (Slovenian: Velika planina) also belongs to this parish.[4]

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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. 30.
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/9B7DE48BAAE4D2A9C12572030034F881?OpenDocument Družina, Slovenia's RKC publication website