| Rakulik | |
|---|---|
  Rakulik Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°44′27.51″N14°7′47.46″E / 45.7409750°N 14.1298500°E Coordinates: 45°44′27.51″N14°7′47.46″E / 45.7409750°N 14.1298500°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
| Municipality | Postojna |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 591.6 m (1,940.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 12 |
| [1] | |
Rakulik (pronounced [ɾaˈkuːlik] ) is a small settlement in the hills south of Hruševje in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. [2]
Hruševje is a settlement west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
The Municipality of Postojna is a municipality in the traditional region of Inner Carniola in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Postojna. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Postojna was subdivided into the municipalities of Pivka and Postojna.
Inner Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral in the west. Its administrative and economic center of the region is Postojna, and other minor centers include Logatec, Cerknica, Pivka, and Ilirska Bistrica.
The local church, built on a small hill north of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk and belongs to the Parish of Hrenovice. [3]
Saint John of Nepomuk is the saint of Bohemia who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods and drowning.
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.
Hrenovice is a settlement west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
