Sveti Lenart, Škofja Loka

Sveti Lenart (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈleːnaɾt]; German: Sankt Leonhard[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Sveti Lenart

Lenart nad Lušo (1955–2003)
Sveti Lenart
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°11′42.88″N 14°11′13.15″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityŠkofja Loka
Area
 • Total4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Elevation
744.4 m (2,442.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total90
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lenart (literally, 'Saint Leonard') to Lenart nad Lušo (literally, 'Leonard above Luša') in 1955.[3] 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.[4][5] In the past the German name was Sankt Leonhard.[2] The name Sveti Lenart was restored in a two-step process: in 1998 the hamlet of Sveti Lenart was separated from neighboring Golica and made an independent settlement, and then in 2003 the adjacent settlement of Lenart nad Lušo was annexed by Sveti Lenart.[6][7][8]

Church
Saint Leonard's Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Leonard. The original church was Gothic, but was rebuilt after a fire in 1852. The church was again demolished in the Second World War. The current building was designed by the architect Janez Valentinčič.[9]

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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. 62.
  3. Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, p. 54.
  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.
  6. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  7. Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, 14 November 2003 regarding the amalgamation of Lenart and Lušo and Sveti Lenart into a single settlement with the toponym Sveti Lenart
  8. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Sveti Lenart
  9. Škofja Loka municipal declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007 Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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