Gora, Krško

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Gora
Gora Svetega Lovrenca (until 1955)
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Gora
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°58′19.25″N15°27′5.45″E / 45.9720139°N 15.4515139°E / 45.9720139; 15.4515139 Coordinates: 45°58′19.25″N15°27′5.45″E / 45.9720139°N 15.4515139°E / 45.9720139; 15.4515139
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Krško
Area
 • Total 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Elevation 424.5 m (1,392.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 45
[1]

Gora (pronounced  [ˈɡɔːɾa] ; German : Sankt Lorenzberg [2] ) is a small village in the hills northwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. [3]

German language West Germanic language

German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

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Leskovec pri Krškem Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Leskovec pri Krškem is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It includes the hamlets of Grad, Beli Breg, Veliki Marof, and Žadovinka. Older sources also mention the appertaining hamlet of Bajer.

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Gora Svetega Lovrenca (literally, 'Mount Saint Lawrence') to Gora (literally, 'mountain') 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. [4] [5] [6] In the past the German name was Sankt Lorenzberg. [2]

Church

The local church, built in the northern part of the village, is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Parish of Krško. It is a Romanesque building that was partly rebuilt in the 19th century. Some Roman material was re-used in the original construction of the church. [7]

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

Romanesque architecture architectural style of Medieval Europe

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 76.
  3. ↑ Krško municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  6. ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  7. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1953


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