Šentjanž nad Štorami ( or ) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Štore in eastern
Slovenia
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. It lies in the hills just south of Štore itself. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Janž'' (literally, 'Saint John') to ''Šentjanž nad Štorami'' in 1953.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
is dedicated to
John the Baptist
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. It dates to around 1500, although it was partially rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3442
References
External links
Šentjanž nad Štorami on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Štore
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