Šentjurij Na Dolenjskem
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Šentjurij na Dolenjskem () is a village in the
Municipality of Mirna Peč The Municipality of Mirna Peč (; ) is a municipality in southeast Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The seat of the municipality, which was established in 1998, is Mirna Peč. With an estimated population of 2,800, t ...
in southeastern
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. The area is part of the historical region of
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. The municipality is now included in the
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.


Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Jurij'' to ''Šentjurij na Dolenjskem'' in 1955.


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 ...
from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to
Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
() 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 Mirna Peč. It dates to the late 16th century with some later adaptations.


Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Šentjurij na Dolenjskem include: *
Tone Pavček Tone Pavček (; 29 September 1928 – 21 October 2011) was one of the most influential Slovene people, Slovene poets, translators, and essayists from the first post-World War II, war generation. He published numerous collections of poetry, we ...
(1928–2011), poet


References


External links


Šentjurij na Dolenjskem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Mirna Peč {{MirnaPec-geo-stub