Praproče pri Temenici (; in older sources also ''Prapreče'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 102.] german: Prapretshe
) is a small settlement northeast of
Šentvid pri Stični
Šentvid pri Stični ( or ; german: Sankt Veit''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 102–103.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Iva ...
in the
Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...
in central
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Praproče'' to ''Praproče pri Temenici'' in 1955. In the past the German name was ''Prapretshe''.
Cultural heritage
Two small roadside
chapel
A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...
s in the settlement are dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
and
Saint Anthony of Padua and were built in the early 20th century.
References
External links
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Praproče pri Temenici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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