Ambrož pod Krvavcem (; german: Sankt Ambrosi) is a high-elevation village in the

Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem The Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem (; sl, Občina Cerklje na Gorenjskem) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerklje na Gorenjskem.Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

region of

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

Geography

Ambrož pod Krvavcem is a scattered settlement on the southern slope of Mount Krvavec (). The church stands at the highest point in the settlement itself, at , and the territory of the village extends further north, reaching its highest elevation at Big Mount Zvoh ( sl, Veliki Zvoh; ) above the Jezerca and Križ pastures. Farms are located on terraces at lower elevations, extending west to

Stiška Vas Stiška Vas (; sl, Stiška vas, german: Sittichsdorf) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Stiška Vas lies on a broad terrace south of Mount Krvavec () and the v ...

and east to Sveti Lenart.

Name

Ambrož pod Krvavcem was attested in historical sources as ''S. Ambrosen perg'' in 1496 and ''St. Ambrosi'' in 1499. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Ambrož'' (literally, 'Saint Ambrose') to ''Ambrož pod Krvavcem'' (literally, 'Ambrose below Mount Krvavec') 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. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Ambrosi''.

Church

The local church is dedicated to

Saint Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promot ...

, thus also the village's name. The church is said to have been damaged in 1471 during an Ottoman raid, when the Cerklje Basin was also burned by Ottoman forces. According to oral tradition, Ottoman horseshoes were later widely found in the area.

References

External links

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Ambrož pod Krvavcem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem {{CerkljenaGorenjskem-geo-stub