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Gornji Ig (; in older sources also ''Gorenji Ig'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108. german: Oberigg) is a village in the hills southwest of Iška Vas in the
The local church, built on a slight elevation north of the settlement, is dedicated to
The postwar communist authorities prevented it from being rebuilt and it was left in ruins. It was completely reconstructed in its original form and dimensions between 1997 and 1998, in time for the 500th anniversary of its first mention in a written source. The door casing bears the inscription "1498 IHS 1998."
Gornji Ig is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Kosec Shaft Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Koščevo brezno) is located on the southern slope of Mount Krim, about southwest of Gornji Ig, on the left side of the gravel road to Rakitna. It contains the remains of wounded Home Guard soldiers that were murdered in June 1945, as well as 15 to 20 additional civilian victims that had been hiding in Rakitna and were murdered in October 1945.
Gornji Ig on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ig {{Ig-geo-stub
Municipality of Ig
The Municipality of Ig (; sl, Občina Ig) is a municipality in central Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Ig. It was formed in 1995 from parts of the Municipality of Vič–Rudnik, until then one of the five municipalities that formed the ...
in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name ''Gornji Ig'' literally means 'upper Ig', referring to its location above the Ig area. Gornji Ig was attested in historical sources as ''Ober Yg'' in 1300, ''Ober Ig'' in 1444, and ''Oberygdorff'' in 1493, among other spellings.Church
The local church, built on a slight elevation north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Leonard
Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haut ...
and belongs to the Parish of Ig. It was a medieval church that was destroyed by Italian artillery on July 16, 1942.Cerkev svetega Lenarta na Gornjem IguThe postwar communist authorities prevented it from being rebuilt and it was left in ruins. It was completely reconstructed in its original form and dimensions between 1997 and 1998, in time for the 500th anniversary of its first mention in a written source. The door casing bears the inscription "1498 IHS 1998."
Mass grave
Gornji Ig is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Kosec Shaft Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Koščevo brezno) is located on the southern slope of Mount Krim, about southwest of Gornji Ig, on the left side of the gravel road to Rakitna. It contains the remains of wounded Home Guard soldiers that were murdered in June 1945, as well as 15 to 20 additional civilian victims that had been hiding in Rakitna and were murdered in October 1945.
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*Gornji Ig on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ig {{Ig-geo-stub