Polšnik (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 94.) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Litija
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in central
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Central Sava Statistical Region
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. Together with the two parts of the main settlement ( Zgornji Polšnik and Spodnji Polšnik) it also includes the hamlets of Na Puši, Seruč, Koprivnik, Slop, Glinjek, Velika Njiva (), and Sušje.
History
Polšnik was created as a single settlement in 1953, when the previously separate villages of Spodnji Polšnik and Zgornji Polšnik were merged.
Church
The local
parish church
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is dedicated to
Our Lady of Lourdes
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and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana
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octagon
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al
nave
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. A second church, built on Glinjek Hill (828 m) south of the main settlement, belongs to the same parish. It is dedicated to
Saint George
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