Ivančna Gorica (; in older sources also ''Vanjčina Gorica'') is a settlement in central

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. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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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').Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 132. Like similar names (e.g., '' Ivanjkovci'', '' Spodnji Ivanjci'', etc.), it is derived from the

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' fo ...

*''Ivanko'', based on the personal name ''Ivan'' 'John'.

History

Ivančna Gorica did not exist as a settlement until 1945, before which it was a hamlet of

Stična Stična (; in older sources also ''Zatičina'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 102–103. german: Sittich) is a village in the Munic ...

and Mleščevo. After the Second World War, the spruce forest on Ivanko's Hill ( sl, Ivančna gorica) was cleared and houses were built. The number of houses in the settlement grew rapidly during the 1960s.

Church and shrine

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...

and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.wayside shrine A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mo ...

in the centre of the settlement known as the Abbot's shrine ( sl, Opatovo znamenje) appears on the

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of the municipality. It was a Roman milestone that was recarved in 1583 on the orders of Laurentius Rainer, the

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. Th ...

of the Cistercian Abbey at nearby

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Ivančna Gorica include: * Janez Eržen (1929–2009), theater actor *

Nina Pušlar Nina Pušlar (born October 25, 1988, in Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. Biography She won the contest ''Bitke talentov 2005'' and released her debut album ''Nina Pušlar'' in 2006. She participated in Slovenian Nat ...

(born 1988), musician

Economy

Akrapovič Akrapovič d.d. () is a Slovenian manufacturer of exhaust systems that began in 1990 in the motorcycle market, and expanded into automobile exhausts in 2010. A global exhaust supplier in motorcycle sport, Akrapovič exhausts are used on motorcyc ...

, a Slovenian firm manufacturing motorcycle exhaust systems, is based in Ivančna Gorica.

References

External links

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Ivančna Gorica on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivancna Gorica Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica