Radegunda () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Mozirje
The Municipality of Mozirje (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia
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in northern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly compr ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveta Radegunda'' (literally, 'Saint Radegund') to ''Radegunda'' (literally, 'Radegund') 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
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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 ...
, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to
Saint Radegund
Radegund (; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in Franc ...
and belongs to the
Parish
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of
Å mihel nad Mozirjem Å mihel (derived from ''*Å¡ent Mihael'' Saint Michael) may refer to:
Slovenia:
* Å mihel pri Novem Mestu
* Å mihel, Pivka
Å mihel (, ) is a village south of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlet of Ravne () to the ...
. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1241. Much of the current building dates to a 1903 major rebuilding of the church.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3178
References
External links
Radegunda on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Mozirje
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