Limbarska Gora () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Moravče The Municipality of Moravče (; sl, Občina Moravče) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Moravče. Moravče became a municipality in 1994. Settlements ...

in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

How was its name coined?

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Valentin'' (literally, 'Saint Valentine') to ''Limbarska Gora'' in 1955. 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. Prior to this, the name ''Limbarska gora'' referred to the hill where the village stands. The place was attested in written sources in 1156 as ''Lilienberch'' (and as ''Liliemberch'' in 1202 and ''Liebnberch'' in 1338). The Slovene name is a corruption of the Middle High German name ''Limberg'', which developed from ''Lilienberg'' (< ''lilie'' 'lily' + ''berc'' 'mountain') through

haplology Haplology (from Ancient Greek, Greek "simple" and , "speech") is, in spoken language, the elision (elimination or deletion) of an entire syllable through dissimilation (a differentiating shift that affects two neighboring similar sounds). The ...

, or possibly from German *''Lielenberg'' (literally, ' clematis mountain').

Church

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 ...

, built on the top of the hill known as Lily Mountain (; ), is dedicated to Saint Valentine and belongs to the Parish of Moravče. It was built by Gregor Maček, Jr. around 1730 and has a free-standing short belfry.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 324

References

External links

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Limbarska Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravče {{Moravče-geo-stub