Šmarjetna Gora (; in older sources also ''Šent Marjetina Gora'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.] ) is a former settlement in the
Municipality of Kranj in the
Upper Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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. Šmarjetna Gora was a dispersed settlement on the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Saint Margaret () west of the Sava River. It is now part of the city of Kranj.
Name
The settlement of Šmarjetna Gora and the hill were both named after the church at the top of the hill, which is dedicated to Saint Margaret (). The name ''Šmarjetna Gora'' literally means 'Saint Margaret's mountain'. The adjective form ''Šmarjetna'' developed through contraction of the informal name of the saint: ''*'' > ''*'' > ''*'' > '. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Margarethen''.
History
The hamlet of Gradišče on the southwest slope of the hill has the remnants of prehistoric structures, attesting to early settlement of Šmarjetna Gora. During the Middle Ages, Šmarjetna Gora was a property of the
Bishopric of Freising, which planted vineyards here. The vineyards were maintained until the 16th century, when they were converted into fields. In the 12th century, the Counts of Ortenburg built Wartenburg Castle on a cliff below the hill. This represented a threat to the Dominion of Škofja Loka, and so Bishop Oton purchased it in 1282 and had it razed. The Ortenburgs later restored the castle and carried out raids against
Okroglo and
Stražišče, which belonged to the Bishopric of Freising. Wartenburg Castle is now a ruin. Near the castle there was an auxiliary building resembling a manor; it had a turret and bore the year 1653, but was destroyed in the
1895 earthquake. Saint Peter’s Manor ()—also known as
Schrottenturn Manor (, ) and Detela Manor ()—was built at the foot of the hill in 1537 by the bishops of Freising, and the door casing bears the year 1574. The adjacent Saint Peter’s Chapel was built around 1500. During the
Reformation
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, Lutherans gathered at the manor, and it contains the graves of the Protestant Siegersdorf family. After the
Counter-Reformation
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, the chapel was remodeled and re-consecrated in 1645. It has a flat
coffer
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A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, al ...
ed ceiling and murals in the apse, a 1615 painting of the
Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Some ...
by Matija Plainer, and a panel on the north wall describing the famine of 1817.
Šmarjetna Gora was annexed by the city of Kranj in 1957, ending its existence as a separate settlement.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Šmarjetna Gora include:
*
Ivan Bernik (1871–1897), philosophical writer
References
External links
Šmarjetna Gora on Geopedia
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Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Kranj