Sveti Štefan () is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah
The Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah (; sl, Občina Šmarje pri Jelšah) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmarje pri Jelšah. Šmarje pri Jelšah be ...
in eastern
Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Šmarje in the Kozje region ( sl, Kozjansko). The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Štefan'' (literally, 'Saint Stephen') to ''Vinski Vrh pri Slivnici'' (literally, 'Wine Peak near Slivnica') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name ''Sveti Štefan'' was restored in 1994.
Church
The local
parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to
Saint Stephen and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje ( la, Dioecesis Celeiensis; sl, Škofija Celje) is a diocese located in the city of Celje in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia.
History
* April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Celje from ...
. It is a 15th-century church that was rebuilt in the 17th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3437
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Sveti Štefan include:
*Saša Vegri
Saša Vegri (true name Albina Vodopivec, née Doberšek) (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2010) was a Slovene poet who is also known for her books for young readers.
Vegri was born in Belgrade in 1934. In 1941, her family returned to Sveti Šte ...
(1934–2010), poet
References
External links
Sveti Štefan on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah
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