Rodni Vrh () is a settlement in the

Haloze Haloze () is a geographical sub-region of Slovenia. It is in the northeast of the country, in the Styria region. General characteristics Haloze is a hilly area, running roughly east–west bounded by the border with Croatia to the south and the ...

area of eastern

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 ...

. It lies in the

Municipality of Podlehnik The Municipality of Podlehnik (; sl, Občina Podlehnik) is a municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia and belongs to the Drava Statistical Region. Th ...

. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

, built on a hill in the northern part of the settlement, is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

of Sveta Trojica–Podlehnik. The Gothic

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...

dates to the second half of the 15th century and the rest of the building dates to 1662.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3461

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Populated places in the Municipality of Podlehnik {{Podlehnik-geo-stub