Valburga (; german: Sankt Walburga''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.) is a settlement on the left bank of the

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in the

Municipality of Medvode The Municipality of Medvode (; sl, Občina Medvode) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in north-central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Medvode. Medvode became a municipality in 1994. Settlements ...

in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Plave and Na Mlaki.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 389.

Name

Valburga was attested in written sources in 1324 as ''Sand Walpurch'' (and as ''Sand Walpurgen'' in 1327 and ''apud Sanctam Walpurgam'' in 1355). It is named after Saint Walpurga, the patron of the local church. Locally, the settlement is known as ''Šentomperga''. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveta Valburga'' (literally, 'Saint Walpurga') to ''Valburga'' (literally, 'Walpurga') in 1952. 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. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Walburga''.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Walpurga. It stands at the northern end of the village and was first mentioned in written sources in the 14th century. The current building is a Baroque structure with a main altar dating from the mid-18th century. The side altars and the pulpit are late Baroque. The paintings of the Mount of Olives and the Way of the Cross displayed inside are by

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(1752–1828), based on models by

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Manor

There is a large

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in the settlement, known as Lazzarini Manor ( sl, Lazarinijeva graščina, Dvorec Lazarini), Smlednik Manor (), or Valburga Manor (). It was built in the 17th century. The main hall is painted with high-quality frescoes with mythological themes in the illusionist style. The painting in the chapel vault is believed to be by

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. After the Second World War, the manor was seized by the state and nationalized; from 1946 to 1990 the building was used as a

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. The manor is being renovated after a fire in 2007 and is not open to the public.Smlednik Mansion on kraji.eu site
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References

External links

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Valburga on Geopedia
{{Medvode Populated places in the Municipality of Medvode