Ivančna Gorica
| Ivančna Gorica Občina Ivančna Gorica |
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 Ivančna Gorica
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| Coordinates: 45°56′14.59″N 14°48′10.58″E / 45.9373861°N 14.8029389°ECoordinates: 45°56′14.59″N 14°48′10.58″E / 45.9373861°N 14.8029389°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dušan Strnad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 227.0 km2 (87.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,567 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
Ivančna Gorica is a settlement and a municipality in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenian statistical region.[2]
Name
The name Ivančna Gorica literally means 'Ivanko's hill', which is the name of a local hill. While the settlement was still a hamlet, it was known as Pod Ivančno gorico (literally, 'below Ivanko's hill').[3] Like similar names (e.g., Ivanjkovci, Spodnji Ivanjci, etc.), it is derived from the hypocorism *Ivanko, based on the personal name Ivan 'John'.[4]
History
Ivančna Gorica did not exist as a settlement until 1945, before which it was a hamlet of Stična and Mleščevo. After the Second World War, the spruce forest on Ivanko's Hill (Slovene: Ivančna gorica) was cleared and houses were built. The number of houses in the settlement grew rapidly during the 1960s.[3]
Church and shrine
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Joseph and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. A wayside shrine in the centre of the settlement known as the Abbot's shrine (Slovene: Opatovo znamenje) appears on the coat of arms of the municipality. It was a Roman milestone that was recarved in 1583 on the orders of Laurentius Rainer, the abbot of the Cistercian Abbey at nearby Stična.[5]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Ivančna Gorica include:
- Janez Eržen (1929–2009), theater actor[3]
Economy
Akrapovič, a Slovenian firm manufacturing motorcycle exhaust systems, is based in Ivančna Gorica.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
- ^ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
- ^ a b c Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 132.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 170–171.
- ^ "EŠD 700". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovene). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
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