Pristava nad Stično (; german: Maierhof''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 98.) is a small settlement in the hills north of

Stična Stična (; in older sources also ''Zatičina'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 102–103. german: Sittich) is a village in the Munic ...

in the

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in central

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. 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 ''Pristava'' to ''Pristava nad Stično'' in 1953. In the past the German name was ''Maierhof''.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Lambert and belongs to the

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of Stična. It was built in 1497 on the site of a medieval

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where

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, the wife of

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, lived after her husband's death in 1386 until her own death in 1414.

References

External links

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Pristava nad Stično on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica {{IvančnaGorica-geo-stub