Jakob pri Å entjurju ( or ) is a settlement south of the town of
Å entjur
Å entjur ( or ; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Å entjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in th ...
in the
Municipality of Å entjur
The Municipality of Å entjur (), named Municipality of Å entjur pri Celju () until 2002, is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town of Å entjur is the seat of the municipality. With an area of it is one of the larger municipalities in Slove ...
, in eastern
Slovenia
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. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
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, which is in the
Slovenian portion of the historical
Duchy of Styria
The Duchy of Styria (; ; ) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution i ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jakob'' (literally, 'Saint James') to ''Jakob pri Å entjurju'' (literally, 'James near Å entjur') 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
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
Saints Phillip and
James
James may refer to:
People
* James (given name)
* James (surname)
* James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician
* James, brother of Jesus
* King James (disambiguation), various kings named James
* Prince Ja ...
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
Kalobje. It was built around 1600 with some 18th-century rebuilding.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3054
References
External links
Jakob pri Å entjurju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Å entjur
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