Ježni Vrh (; in older sources also ''Ješenji Vrh'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 90.] ) is a small settlement in the hills southeast of
Velika Kostrevnica in the
Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji
The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmartno pri Litiji. The municipality is now included in the Central ...
in central
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola
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and is included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km2, with a central po ...
.
Name
Ježni Vrh was attested in historical sources as ''monte ferreo'' and ''Eisenberg'' in 1316, ''Eysenperg'' in 1420, and ''Essenperg'' in 1505.
Church
The church in Ježni Vrh is dedicated to
Saint Peter
Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...
and was completed in 1998. The church was built in gratitude by locals to commemorate the rescue of a group of 60 villagers from their
Partisan
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Military
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** Ital ...
captors in 1944; the villagers were tortured and led to an abandoned mine for execution, but then released. The church contains a statue of Saint Peter created by Bojan Stine. The church was consecrated by
Prelate
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Božidar Metelko in 1999, and its third bell was blessed by Archbishop
Franc Rode in 2000.
[Zadražnik, Vinko. 2003. Gradnja cerkve svetega Petra na Ježnem Vrhu. In: Pavel Sporn (ed.), ''Rod se za rodom vrsti. Zbornik. Župnije Primskovo na Dolenjskem ob 250-letnici začetka župnije'', pp. 423–426. Primskovo: Župniški urad.]
References
External links
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Ježni Vrh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji
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