Šmarjeta (; german: Sankt Margarethen
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 82.]) is a village in the
Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice
The Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice () is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmarješke Toplice. The municipality is now included in the Southea ...
in southeastern
Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The village includes the hamlet of Dolenja Vas ( sl, Dolenja vas, german: Unterdorf
), formerly an independent village.
The local
parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to
Saint Margaret ( sl, sveta Marjeta) and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto ( la, Dioecesis Novae Urbis; sl, Škofija Novo mesto) is a diocese in the city of Novo Mesto in the Ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
History
* April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of ...
. It was built between 1910 and 1927 on the site of an earlier building.
References
External links
*
Šmarjeta at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice
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