Šentgotard
Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia
46°11′15.54″N 14°54′27.48″E / 46.1876500°N 14.9076333°E / 46.1876500; 14.9076333
Slovenia (2002)
Šentgotard (pronounced [ʃɛntˈɡoːtaɾt] or [ʃəntˈɡoːtaɾt]; German: Sankt Gotthard[2]) is a village in the hills east of Trojane in central Slovenia. It lies in the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]
Church
The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Gotthard and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the 18th century.[4]
Notable people
France Cukjati, a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, was born in Šentgotard in 1943.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 22.
- ^ Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2425
External links
Media related to Šentgotard at Wikimedia Commons- Šentgotard on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Zagorje ob Savi
- Mount Čemšenik
- Gamberk Castle
- Izlake Parish Church
- Medija Castle
- Medija Thermal Spa
- Kolovrat Castle
- Šentgotard Parish Church
- St. Anne's Church
- Zagorje Parish Church
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