The Municipality of Šentrupert ( sl, Občina Šentrupert) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in southeastern
Slovenia
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. The seat of the municipality is the town of
Šentrupert
Šentrupert (; german: Sankt Ruprecht''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in s ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the n ...
. It is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistična regija) is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia. It is the largest statistical region. The development of this region is largely the result of industry (the au ...
.
It was established on 14 June 2006
with the exclusion of the former Local Community Šentrupert (
Slovene: ''Krajevne skupnosti Šentrupert'') from the
Municipality of Trebnje.
On 15 April 2010, the municipal councilors adopted the coat of arms and the flag proposed by
Aleksander Hribovšek. It has historical basis on the coat of arms of
Hemma of Gurk
Hemma of Gurk (german: Hemma von Gurk; 27 June 1045),29 June according t also called Emma of Gurk ( sl, Ema Krška), was a noblewoman and founder of several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia. Buried at Gurk Cathedral since 1174 ...
which was posthumously, centuries later, fictitiously assigned to her as well as the coat of arms of the
Barbo von Waxenstein family. It consists of a
golden lion
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on a blue field holding a silver crescent in its right paw.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Šentrupert, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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Bistrica
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Brinje
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Dolenje Jesenice
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Draga pri Šentrupertu
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Gorenje Jesenice
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Hom
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Hrastno
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Kamnje
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Kostanjevica
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Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu
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Okrog
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Prelesje
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Ravne nad Šentrupertom
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Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu
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Ravnik
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Roženberk
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Škrljevo
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Slovenska Vas
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Straža
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Trstenik
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Vesela Gora
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Vrh
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Zabukovje
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Zaloka
References
External links
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Municipality of Šentrupert on GeopediaŠentrupert municipal site
Šentrupert
Šentrupert (; german: Sankt Ruprecht''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in s ...
2006 establishments in Slovenia
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