Šentjanž nad Štorami ( or ) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Å tore
The Municipality of Å tore (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Å tore. Å tore became a municipality in 1994. The Municipality of Å tore was established i ...
in eastern
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 Adriati ...
. It lies in the hills just south of Å tore itself. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly compr ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž'' (literally, 'Saint John') to ''Šentjanž nad Štorami'' in 1953.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
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.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3442
References
External links
Šentjanž nad Štorami on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Å tore
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