Ivančna Gorica (; in older sources also ''Vanjčina Gorica'') is a settlement in central

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Ivančna Gorica The Municipality of 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 municipality in 1995. Settlements I ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

The name ''Ivančna Gorica'' literally means 'Ivanko's hill', which is the name of a local hill. While the settlement was still a hamlet, it was known as ''Pod Ivančno gorico'' (literally, 'below Ivanko's hill').Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 132. Like similar names (e.g., ''

Ivanjkovci Ivanjkovci (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

'', '' Spodnji Ivanjci'', etc.), it is derived from the

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

*''Ivanko'', based on the personal name ''Ivan'' 'John'.

History

Ivančna Gorica did not exist as a settlement until 1945, before which it was a hamlet of

Stična Stična (; in older sources also ''Zatičina'',''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 village in the Municipality of Iva ...

and Mleščevo. After the Second World War, the spruce forest on Ivanko's Hill () was cleared and houses were built. The number of houses in the settlement grew rapidly during the 1960s.

Church and shrine

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), 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 com ...

in the settlement is dedicated to

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and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana (, ) is a Latin ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia.wayside shrine A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mount ...

in the centre of the settlement known as the Abbot's shrine () appears on the

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of the municipality. It was a

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that was recarved in 1583 on the orders of Laurentius Rainer, the

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

of the

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at nearby

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Ivančna Gorica include: * Janez Eržen (1929–2009), theater actor *

Nina Pušlar Nina Pušlar (born October 25, 1988, in Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. Biography She won the contest ''Bitke talentov 2005'' and released her debut album ''Nina Pušlar'' in 2006. She participated in Slovenian Nati ...

(born 1988), musician

Economy

Akrapovič Akrapovič d.d. () is a Slovenian manufacturer of exhaust systems that began in 1990 in the motorcycle market, and expanded into automobile exhausts in 2010. A global exhaust supplier in motorcycle sport, Akrapovič exhausts are used on motorcycl ...

, a Slovenian firm manufacturing motorcycle exhaust systems, is based in Ivančna Gorica.

References

External links

*
Ivančna Gorica on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivancna Gorica Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica