Javorje, Šmartno pri Litiji

Javorje (pronounced [ˈjaːʋɔɾjɛ]) is a village in the hills south of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2] It includes the hamlet of Felič Vrh (in older sources also Velič Vrh,[3] German: Feldberg[3]).

Javorje
Javorje Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°0′9.98″N 14°50′39.42″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Šmartno pri Litiji
Area
• Total	3.34 km^2 (1.29 sq mi)
Elevation	555.1 m (1,821.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	56
[1]

Churches

Assumption Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It dates to the 18th century.[4]

Another church in Javorje stood in the hamlet of Felič Vrh southeast of the main settlement. It was dedicated to Saint Roch after the plague of 1646 and was destroyed between May 18 and May 20, 1942 in order to clear the border area between German and Italian territory. A new church dedicated to Saint Roch was consecrated at the site on August 28, 2011.[5]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
3. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 95.
4. "EŠD 1869". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
5. Cerjak, Erika. 2011. "Blagoslov cerkve sv. Roka na Felič Vrhu." Klasje 8(17) (October): 14. (in Slovene)

External links

• Javorje at Geopedia
• Media related to Javorje, Šmartno pri Litiji at Wikimedia Commons