Šentrupert () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Braslovče in
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Styria
Styria ( sl, Štajerska), also Slovenian Styria (''Slovenska Štajerska'') or Lower Styria (''Spodnja Štajerska''; german: Untersteiermark), is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy o ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly com ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Rupert'' (literally, 'Saint Rupert') to ''Šentrupert'' 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
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to
Saint Rupert and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
of
Gomilsko
Gomilsko () is a village in the Municipality of Braslovče in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Church
The parish church in ...
. It was built in the 14th century with 18th- and 19th-century additions.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2983
References
External links
*
Šentrupert on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Braslovče
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