Šentviška Gora

Šentviška Gora (pronounced [ʃɛnˈtʋiːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa] or [ʃən-], in older sources Svetoviška Gora,[2] German: Sankt Veitsberg[2]) is the main settlement in the hills between the valleys of the Bača and Idrijca rivers, known as the St. Vitus Plateau (Slovene: Šentviška planota) or Šentviška Gora Plateau (Šentviškogorska planota),[3][4] in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[5]

Šentviška Gora
Šentviška Gora is located in Slovenia
Šentviška Gora
Šentviška Gora
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°7′3″N 13°52′5.86″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionSlovenian Littoral
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityTolmin
Area
 • Total3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Elevation
624.5 m (2,048.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total106
[1]

Church
Saint Vitus's Church

The parish church, from which the settlement and the entire plateau gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[6] It was first mentioned as the seat of the parish in documents dating to 1192, although the current building is Baroque in style. Its interior was painted in the early 20th century by Tone Kralj.

Notable people
Statue of Jacobus Gallus in Šentviška Gora

Although he was probably born in Ribnica in southern Slovenia, a Slovene folk tradition claims Šentviška Gora as the birthplace of the composer Jacobus Gallus.[7]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 39.
  3. Meze, Drago. 1988. Kmetije na Šentviški planoti in v Trebuši. Geografski zbornik 28: 87–126 pp. 92, 120.
  4. Tinta, Tadeja. 2011. Hidrogram enote v hidroloških modelih. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo, p. 43.
  5. Tolmin municipal site
  6. Koper Diocese list of churches
  7. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 424.


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