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Šentjanž Pri Dravogradu
Šentjanž, Šent Janž, or Št. Janž, after the Slovene language, Slovene name for Saint John (other), St. John, is the name of several settlements in Slovenia: * Šent Janž pri Radljah, Municipality of Radlje * Šentjanž nad Dravčami, Municipality of Vuzenica * Šentjanž nad Štorami, Municipality of Štore * Šentjanž pri Dravogradu, Municipality of Dravograd * Šentjanž, Rečica ob Savinji, Municipality of Rečica ob Savinji * Šentjanž, Sevnica, Municipality of Sevnica * Orehovec, Šmarje pri Jelšah, Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah, known as ''Šent Janž pri Podčetrtku'' until 1955 * Vinska Gora, Municipality of Velenje, known as ''Šent Janž na Vinski Gori'' until 1955 {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovene Language
Slovene ( or ) or Slovenian ( ; ) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic language of the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. Most of its 2.5 million speakers are the inhabitants of Slovenia, the majority of them ethnic Slovenes. As Slovenia is part of the European Union, Slovene is also one of its 24 Languages of the European Union, official and working languages. Its grammar is highly fusional languages, fusional, and it has a Dual (grammatical number), dual grammatical number, an archaic feature shared with some other Indo-European languages. Two accentual norms (one characterized by Pitch-accent language, pitch accent) are used. Its flexible word order is often adjusted for emphasis or stylistic reasons, although basically it is an subject–verb–object word order, SVO language. It has a T–V distinction: the use of the V-form demonstrates a respectful attitude towards superiors and the elderly, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John (other)
Saint John or St. John usually refers to either John the Baptist or John the Apostle. Saint John or St. John may also refer to: People Saints * John the Baptist ( – ), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist ( – ), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with John the Apostle * John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and John the Evangelist * John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (died ), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer * John (died 320), one of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste * John the Hieromartyr (died 362), Roman priestmartyr * John and Paul (died 362), Roman martyrs * John of Egypt (died 394), Egyptian hermit * John I of Naples (died 5th century), Bishop of Naples * John the Dwarf (), Egyptian Desert Father * John Chrysostom ( – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople * John Angeloptes (died 433), Bishop of Ravenna from 430 to 433 * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šent Janž Pri Radljah
Šent Janž pri Radljah (; ) is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Radlje ob Dravi in Slovenia, located on the border with Austria. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž pri Radljah'' (literally, 'Saint John near Radlje') to ''Suhi Vrh pri Radljah'' (literally, 'dry peak near Radlje') 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 ''Šent Janž pri Radljah'' was restored in 1993. Mahrenberg Castle The ruins of Mahrenberg Castle lie on a hill south of the settlement. The castle was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1193 and was used until the Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjanž Nad Dravčami
Šentjanž nad Dravčami () is a settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Vuzenica in northern Slovenia. The settlement, and the municipality, are included in the Carinthia Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria. The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to John the Baptist ( or ''Šentjanž'') and belongs to the Parish of Vuzenica. It developed from an early 14th-century chapel A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ... that was extended in the 15th century. reference number e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjanž Nad Štorami
Šentjanž nad Štorami ( or ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Štore in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills just south of Štore itself. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž'' (literally, 'Saint John') to ''Šentjanž nad Štorami'' in 1953. Church The local church is dedicated to John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist .... It dates to around 1500, although it was partially rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjanž Pri Dravogradu
Šentjanž, Šent Janž, or Št. Janž, after the Slovene language, Slovene name for Saint John (other), St. John, is the name of several settlements in Slovenia: * Šent Janž pri Radljah, Municipality of Radlje * Šentjanž nad Dravčami, Municipality of Vuzenica * Šentjanž nad Štorami, Municipality of Štore * Šentjanž pri Dravogradu, Municipality of Dravograd * Šentjanž, Rečica ob Savinji, Municipality of Rečica ob Savinji * Šentjanž, Sevnica, Municipality of Sevnica * Orehovec, Šmarje pri Jelšah, Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah, known as ''Šent Janž pri Podčetrtku'' until 1955 * Vinska Gora, Municipality of Velenje, known as ''Šent Janž na Vinski Gori'' until 1955 {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjanž, Rečica Ob Savinji
Šentjanž ( or ) is a village on the left bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Rečica ob Savinji in Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž'' (literally, 'Saint John') to ''Šentjanž'' in 1955. Church The local church is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Rečica ob Savinji. It has a rectangular nave with two chapels, a sanctuary, and a northern belfry The belfry /ˈbɛlfri/ is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire tower or building, particularly in continental Europe for such a tower attached .... It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1347 with 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century additions. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjanž, Sevnica
Šentjanž ( or ; in older sources also ''Dvor'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 86. ) is a village in the Municipality of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. Traditionally, it belongs to Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. Parish church The local parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to John the Baptist (, contracted to ''Šentjanž'') and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto The Diocese of Novo Mesto (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Novo Mesto in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Ljubljana in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as .... It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1444 but was totally rebuilt around 1900. References External links *Šentjanž on Geopedia {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orehovec, Šmarje Pri Jelšah
Orehovec () is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž pri Podčetrtku'' (literally, 'Saint John near Podčetrtek') to ''Orehovec'' (literally, 'walnut-place') 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. Church The local church is dedicated to the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ... of Sveti Štefan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
