Janževski Vrh () is a settlement in the hills above the right bank of the
Drava River in the
Municipality of Podvelka in
Slovenia
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.
It gets its name from 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 ...
, dedicated to
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
(''Janž'' in the local dialect). It 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
Ribnica na Pohorju and is a
Late Gothic building from the first half of the 16th century. The internal furnishings date to the 17th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3323
References
External links
*
Janževski Vrh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Podvelka
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