Širje Marija-Širje (until 1955) | |
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Coordinates: 46°5′45.58″N15°9′57.77″E / 46.0959944°N 15.1660472°E Coordinates: 46°5′45.58″N15°9′57.77″E / 46.0959944°N 15.1660472°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Traditional region | Styria |
Statistical region | Savinja |
Municipality | Laško |
Area | |
• Total | 2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi) |
Elevation | 461.3 m (1,513.5 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 48 |
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Širje (pronounced [ˈʃiːɾjɛ] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Sava River, immediately northwest of Zidani Most. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region. [2]
The Municipality of Laško is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Laško. Traditionally the area was part of the Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The Sava is a river in Central and Southeastern Europe, a right tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and through Serbia, discharging into the Danube in Belgrade. Its central part is a natural border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The Sava forms the northern border of the Balkan Peninsula, and the southern edge of the Pannonian Plain.
The name of the settlement was changed from Marija-Širje (literally, 'Our Lady of Širje') to Širje 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. [3] [4] [5]
The parish church, known as Marija Širje, is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was originally a Romanesque building that was extended in 1747 and partially rebuilt in 1873. [6]
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In Christian theology, the Immaculate Conception is the conception of the Virgin Mary free from original sin by virtue of the merits of her son Jesus. The Catholic Church teaches that God acted upon Mary in the first moment of her conception, keeping her "immaculate".
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