Planina nad Horjulom () is a

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northwest of

Horjul Horjul () is a small town in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the administrative center of the Municipality of Horjul. It developed from a clustered village on the north side of the marshy valley of Horjulka Creek. It includes the hamle ...

in the

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in the

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region of

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. It includes the hamlets of Kolobocija, Lom, Pustota, and Zameja, as well as part of the hamlet of Suhi Dol.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Planina'' to ''Planina nad Horjulom ''in 1953. The name ''Planina nad Horjulom'' literally means 'Planina above

'. The name ''Planina'' is shared with several other settlements in Slovenia and means '

alpine pasture Alpine transhumance is transhumance as practiced in the Alps, that is, a seasonal droving of grazing livestock between the valleys in winter and the high mountain pastures in summer (German ' from the term for "seasonal mountain pasture", '). T ...

Church

The local church is dedicated to

Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

. It was first mentioned in written sources in 1526 and the current structure was built around 1659. The area for the congregation is divided by piers into a wide central nave flanked by narrower areas on the north and south. The part on the north has been converted into a chapel. The

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is arched with a richly crested stellar vault. The main altar, which dates to 1850, and both side altars are the work of Jurij Tavčar, a sculptor from

Idrija Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; german: (Ober)idria, it, Idria) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statistic ...

. He also used older Baroque sculptures in creating them. The altar dedicated to

Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

dates to 1717.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Planina nad Horjulom include: * Metod Trobec (1948–2006), serial killerKoncilja, Franci. 2011. "Serijski morilec Metod Trobec" ''Časnik'' (30 May).

Gallery

File:Zameja - Planina nad Horjulom Slovenia.JPG, The hamlet of Zameja File:Suhi Dol - Planina nad Horjulom Slovenia.JPG, The hamlet of Suhi Dol File:Planina nad Horjulom Slovenia - shrine.JPG, Chapel shrine in Planina nad Horjulom

References

External links

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Planina nad Horjulom on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dobrova-Polhov Gradec {{DobrovaPolhovGradec-geo-stub