Tanča Gora (; german: Tanzberg
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 8.]) is a settlement in the hills southwest of
Črnomelj in the
White Carniola
White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...
area of southeastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
There are two
churches in the settlement. Both belong 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
Dragatuš
Dragatuš (, german: Dragatusch''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.) is a village south of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower ...
. One is dedicated to
Saint Thomas and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526 and preserves its
Gothic
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People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
sanctuary
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. The second is dedicated to
Saint Anne
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and was built in 1805 on the site of an earlier church.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference numbers ešd 1801 & 1802
References
External links
Tanča Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj
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