Rim () is a small village in the
Municipality of Črnomelj
The Municipality of Črnomelj (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Črnomelj. The municipality is at the heart of the area of White Carniola, the southeastern part ...
in southeastern
Slovenia
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. Until 2007, the area was part of the settlement of
Jankoviči. The village is part of the traditional region of
White Carniola
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and is included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
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.
Name
The name ''Rim'' means 'Rome'. Rim was first settled in the 1870s, when Peter Kralj built a house at the site. Kralj had served as a member of the
Papal guard under
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX (; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in hist ...
, and he was subsequently nicknamed ''Papež'' 'Pope'. Because the pope lives in Rome, the site where Kralj settled was given the name ''Rim'' as a joke.
References
External links
Rim on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj
Populated places established in 2007
2007 establishments in Slovenia
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