Zaplana, Vrhnika
Place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
45°58′13.32″N 14°14′6.18″E / 45.9703667°N 14.2350500°E / 45.9703667; 14.2350500
Slovenia (2002)
Zaplana (pronounced [zaˈplaːna]; German: Saplana[2]) is a small village in the hills west of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
History
The settlements of Jamnik, Jerinov Grič, Marinčev Grič, Mizni Dol, Prezid, Strmica, and Trčkov Grič were all administratively separated from Zaplana in 2002 and given the status of independent villages.[4]
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Ulrich and belongs to the Ljubljana Archdiocese.[5] The church was renovated in a pseudo-Romanesque style after fire and earthquake damage in 1895.[6]
Notable people
- Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.
- ^ Vrhnika municipal site
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Zaplana. (in Slovene)
- ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
- ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 454–455.
External links
- Zaplana on Geopedia
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- Ivan Cankar
- Karel Grabeljšek
- Simon Ogrin
- Jožef Petkovšek
- Matej Sternen
