Sinja Gorica (; german: Schweinbüchl''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 68. or Schweinsbüchel, later ''Scheinbüchel'') is a settlement immediately northwest of

Vrhnika Vrhnika (; german: Oberlaibach;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. la, Nauportus) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Muni ...

in the

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region of

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. The settlement consists of two parts: the older part stands to the southeast, built around the foot of a hill and along the road to

Blatna Brezovica Blatna Brezovica (; german: Blatnabresouza''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 118.) is a village east of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola reg ...

. The newer part, the hamlet of Sap, stands along the main road from

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Name

Sinja Gorica was first mentioned in written sources in 1414 under the German name ''Sweinpuhel'' (literally, 'pig hill'), and as ''Sweinpůhel'' in 1418, ''Singa goriza'' in 1474, and ''Sweinpuhl'' in 1496. Based on the oldest transcriptions of the name, it is likely that the Slovene name is derived from the adjective ''*svinь(jь)'' 'pig' and that the name may have referred to a hill where pigs foraged. A less likely theory is that the German name was a mistranslation of the Slovene adjective ''sinji'' 'light blue', referring to pigmentation of the soil. The settlement was known as ''Schweinbüchl'' in the past in German. See also ''

Svino Svino () is a small village near Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The church in the village is dedicated to Saint Andrew. It is a small Gothic building with a star vaulted sanctuary. Name Svino was first attested in written sources i ...

'', ''

Vinje pri Moravčah Vinje pri Moravčah (; german: Swine) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Moravče 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 Slov ...

'', and ''

Zavino Zavino () is a small village in the hills south of the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Name Zavino was first attested in written sources in 1763–87 as ''Svina''. The name is derived from ''*S ...

'' for similar names.

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to the Prophet Job and belongs to the

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of Vrhnika.Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
/ref> The church was first mentioned in written sources in 1521''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 364. and was renovated in 1821.

References

External links

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111006153221/http://www.sinjagorica.si/ Sinja Gorica Local Community site Populated places in the Municipality of Vrhnika {{Vrhnika-geo-stub