Štefanja Gora (; german: Stefansberg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 52.) is a village in the

Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem The Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem (; sl, Občina Cerklje na Gorenjskem) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerklje na Gorenjskem.Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

region of

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The local church is dedicated to

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

and was originally built around 1132. The current building dates to 1805, when the entire church was rebuilt after the older one was destroyed by

lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electric charge, electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the land, ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous ...

.Cerklje municipality site
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Štefanja Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem {{CerkljenaGorenjskem-geo-stub