Benedikt () is the central settlement in the

Municipality of Benedikt The Municipality of Benedikt (; sl, Občina Benedikt) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Benedikt. Before 1 January 1999 it was part of the Municipality of Lenart. It lies in the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovens ...

in northeastern

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. Before 1998, it was part of the

Municipality of Lenart The Municipality of Lenart (; sl, Občina Lenart) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It has just over 11,000 inhabitants. It is considered the centre of the Slovene Hills ( sl, Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional regio ...

. It lies in the

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( sl, Slovenske gorice). The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Benedikt v Slovenskih Goricah'' (Slovene: ; literally, 'Saint Benedict in the Slovene Hills') to ''Benedikt v Slovenskih Goricah'' (; literally, 'Benedict in the Slovene Hills') in 1952. 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. In 2003, it was changed simply to ''Benedikt''.

Church

The local

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

from which the village gets its name is dedicated to

Saint Benedict Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Christianity in Italy, Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Ortho ...

and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant ...

. It is originally a

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

church dating to the second quarter of the 14th century. It was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 1068

References

External links

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Benedikt on Geopedia

{{Authority control Populated places in the Municipality of Benedikt