Šentpavel na Dolenjskem ( or ; german: Sankt Paul
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 96–97.]) is a settlement just east of
Šentvid pri Stični
Šentvid pri Stični ( or ; german: Sankt Veit''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 102–103.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Iva ...
in the
Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...
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. It includes the hamlets of Grumlof (in older sources also ''Grundelj'',
german: Grundelhof
), and Mandrga.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Pavel'' (literally, 'Saint Paul') to ''Šentpavel na Dolenjskem'' 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.
Church
The local
church from which the settlement get its name is dedicated to
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
and belongs to the
Parish of Šentvid pri Stični. It dates to the 16th century and was restyled in the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
in the 17th and 18th centuries.
References
External links
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Šentpavel na Dolenjskem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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