| Selnik | |
|---|---|
  Selnik Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′13.29″N14°33′37.32″E / 45.9036917°N 14.5603667°E Coordinates: 45°54′13.29″N14°33′37.32″E / 45.9036917°N 14.5603667°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Ig |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.03 km2 (0.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 563.8 m (1,849.7 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 39 |
| [1] | |
Selnik (pronounced [ˈseːu̯nik] ) is a village east of Golo in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. [2]
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
The Municipality of Ig is a municipality in central Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Ig. It was formed in 1995 from parts of the Municipality of Vič–Rudnik, until then one of the five municipalities that formed the Civic Assembly of Municipalities of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. In the past the area was mostly marshland, but now Ig is a suburban and industrialized municipality. In 2002, it had 5445 inhabitants.
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.
A small chapel-shrine in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in the early 20th century. [3]
A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures, including Catholic and Orthodox Europe and Shinto Japan.
Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.
