Šentrupert () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Braslovče The Municipality of Braslovče (; ) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Braslovče. Most of the municipality, with the exception of the northern part of the village of Letuš, lies on the right b ...

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. The area is part of the traditional 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 ''Sveti Rupert'' (literally, 'Saint Rupert') to ''Šentrupert'' 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

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from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Rupert 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 ...

Gomilsko Gomilsko () is a village in the Municipality of Braslovče in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Church The parish church in ...

. It was built in the 14th century with 18th- and 19th-century additions.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2983

References

External links

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