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
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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
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. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska statistična regija) is a statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km², with a ...
.
It lies just north of Ivančna Gorica and is best known for its
Cistercian Abbey
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. The abbey dates to the 12th century and is the oldest monastery in Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Rupe, Štorovje (in older sources also ''Stornje''
), and Svinjska Vas ( sl, Svinjska vas, german: Schweindorf
). A former hamlet named Kaffeehaus
also stood between Svinjska Vas and Rupe.
Name
Stična was first attested in 1136 as ''Sitik'' and ''Siticum'' (and as ''Sitich'' in 1190, ''Sitic'' in 1215, ''Sittich'' in 1241, and ''Sitizena'' in 1689). It is derived (via dissimilation) from *''Štična'', which developed through vowel reduction from *''Žitičina'', created from the personal name *''Žitiťь'' (which was the basis for the German name ''Sittich''). *''Žitiťь'' was a
hypocorism
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of the name *''Žitъ''. An archaic variant of the name, ''Zatičina'', was still used in the early 20th century. The settlement was known as ''Sittich'' in German in the past.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Stiča include:
*
Peter Držaj (1913–1944),
Partisan
Partisan may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
Films
* ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film
* ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...
doctor
[Ciperle, Jože, et al. 2012. ''Medicinska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani 1919–1945''. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, p. 62.]
*
Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer
References
External links
*
Stična on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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