Peče (; german: Petsch
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.]) is a
village 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
Slovenia. 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.
Name
Peče was attested in historical sources as ''Pesche'' and ''Peschs'' in 1238, ''Pecz'' in 1332, and ''Pethschach'' in 1497, among other spellings.
Church
The
parish church in the village is dedicated to
Saint Bartholomew ( sl, sveti Jernej) and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It is a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
building dating to the 16th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2100
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Peče include:
* Francis Xavier Pierz (1785–1880), missionary, parish priest in Peče from 1819 to 1829
References
External links
*
Peče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravče
{{Moravče-geo-stub