Strahomer () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Ig The Municipality of Ig (; sl, Občina Ig) is a municipality in central Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Ig. It was formed in 1995 from parts of the Municipality of Vič–Rudnik, until then one of the five municipalities that formed the ...

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 municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Strahomer Pod ( sl, Ribnik Strahomer, ''Bajer'') lies south of Strahomer. It was created in 1974, has an area of , and is deep. It has been used for catch-and-release fishing since 2017.

Name

Strahomer was attested in historical sources as ''Strachamer'' in 1415, ''Dachanier'' in 1436, and ''Drachomer'' in 1445, among other spellings. The name ''Strahomer'' is derived from the Slavic personal name ''*Straxoměrъ'', probably referring to an early inhabitant of the place.

History

Strahomer was already inhabited in prehistoric times by pile dwellers. Many Roman artifacts have also been found in the area.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint James ( sl, sveti Jakob) 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 or m ...

Tomišelj Tomišelj (; german: Tomischl''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 114.) is a village in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia, on the ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1495 but was extensively rebuilt in the 17th century. Some original

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

s from the late 15th century survive on the interior walls.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2568

References

External links

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Strahomer on Geopedia

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