Sušica (; german: Schuschitz
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.]) is a village southeast of
Muljava
Muljava (; german: Mulau''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. ...
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
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 area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Sušica was attested in historical sources as ''Durre'' in 1250, ''Darrendorff'' in 1463, ''Dardorff'' in 1464, and ''Schusitz'' in 1505.
Like the German names (cf. ''dürr'' 'arid'), the Slovenian name is derived from the adjective ''suh'' 'dry', originally referring to a seasonal creek that would go dry during droughts.
Locally, the village is known as ''Šica''.
Church
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
* Chris ...
is dedicated to
Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
( sl, sveti Štefan) 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 ...
of Krka. It dates to the late 15th century.
References
External links
Sušica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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