Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona

Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona
Žirovski Vrh nad Gorenjo vasjo (1955–1994)
Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°5′5.28″N 14°7′54.16″E / 46.0848000°N 14.1317111°E / 46.0848000; 14.1317111Coordinates: 46°5′5.28″N 14°7′54.16″E / 46.0848000°N 14.1317111°E / 46.0848000; 14.1317111
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Area
  Total 2.72 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Elevation 693.3 m (2,274.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 47
[1]

Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona (pronounced [ʒiˈɾoːu̯ski ˈʋəɾh ˈsʋeːtɛga anˈtoːna]) is a dispersed settlement above Gorenja Vas in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona (literally, 'Žiri Peak of Saint Anthony') to Žirovski Vrh nad Gorenjo vasjo (literally, 'Žiri Peak above Gorenja Vas') 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.[3][4] The name Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona was restored in 1994.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Gorenja Vas–Poljane municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. 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.
  5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.


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