Sveti Gregor, Ribnica

Sveti Gregor
Sveti Gregor is located in Slovenia
Sveti Gregor
Sveti Gregor
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°47′4.44″N 14°38′26.81″E / 45.7845667°N 14.6407806°E / 45.7845667; 14.6407806
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityRibnica
Area
 • Total
0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation
735.5 m (2,413.1 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
45
[1]

Sveti Gregor (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈɡɾɛːɡɔɾ]; German: Sankt Gregor[2]) is a village in the hills north of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ribnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

View from south
Interior
Saint Gregory's Church

The parish church in the settlement, from which the village also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Gregory and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1826 on the site of an earlier church.[4]

Notable people

The Slovene politician, journalist, and author Janez Evangelist Krek was born in the village in 1865. The house where he was born stood at the site of what is now the fire station.

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 46.
  3. ^ Ribnica municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2385


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