Šentrupert (; german: Sankt Ruprecht''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the n ...

region in southeastern

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. In the past it was the cultural and economical centre of the Mirna Valley, but after the railway line bypassed the town the centre shifted to nearby

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Šentrupert The Municipality of Šentrupert ( sl, Občina Šentrupert) is a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentrupert. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in t ...

Name

The name ''Šentrupert'' means 'Saint Rupert', referring to the local parish church. After the Second World War, there was an initiative by the new communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms (cf. ''

Brecljevo Brecljevo () is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Šmarje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical ...

'', '' Podbočje'', ''

Podnanos Podnanos (; formerly ''Šent Vid'' or ''Šentvid'' (''nad Vipavo''), german: Sct. Veit, it, San Vito di Vipacco) is a village in the upper Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Vipava in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now ...

'', etc.). A proposal was made for Šentrupert to be renamed ''Dolenjski paradiž'' (literally, 'Lower Carniola paradise'), but it was not carried through.

Landmarks

Parish church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Rupert and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1163 and was restyled in the early 15th century.

Hayrack museum

Starting in 2011, the Municipality of Šentrupert has built the first ever

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of hayracks in the southern part of the village. The museum started operating in June 2013. The collection, named "The Land of Hayracks" ( sl, Dežela kozolcev), covers and includes 18 drying devices, among them 17 hayracks, with the oldest preserved from 1795, and presents all types of hayrack. The main organiser has been Rupert Gole, the Mayor of Šentrupert. The museum, which also serves as a place of cultural events, has been open since June 2013.

References

External links

Šentrupert on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert {{Šentrupert-geo-stub