Mala Loka pri Višnji Gori

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Mala Loka pri Višnji Gori
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°56′46.71″N14°43′21.18″E / 45.9463083°N 14.7225500°E / 45.9463083; 14.7225500 Coordinates: 45°56′46.71″N14°43′21.18″E / 45.9463083°N 14.7225500°E / 45.9463083; 14.7225500
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Grosuplje
Area
 • Total1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Elevation
341.7 m (1,121.1 ft)
Population
(2002)
 • Total40
[1]

Mala Loka pri Višnji Gori (pronounced  [ˈmaːla ˈloːka pɾi ˈʋiːʃnji ˈɡɔːɾi] ; German : Kleinlack [2] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. It lies southwest of Višnja Gora in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. [3]

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Municipality of Grosuplje Municipality in Slovenia

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Mala Loka to Mala Loka pri Višnji Gori in 1953. [4] In the past the German name was Kleinlack. [2]

Chapel

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Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel

A small chapel in the northern part of the settlement is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows and was built in the late 19th century. [5]

Chapel Religious place of fellowship attached to a larger institution

The term chapel usually refers to a Christian place of prayer and worship that is attached to a larger, often nonreligious institution or that is considered an extension of a primary religious institution. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a college, hospital, palace, prison, funeral home, church, synagogue or mosque, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds. Chapel has also referred to independent or nonconformist places of worship in Great Britain—outside the established church.

Our Lady of Sorrows title of Mary, mother of Jesus

Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows, and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names by which the Virgin Mary is referred to in relation to sorrows in her life. As Mater Dolorosa, it is also a key subject for Marian art in the Catholic Church.

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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. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 104.
  3. ↑ Grosuplje municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ "EŠD 26213". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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