Šmartno pri Litiji (; german: Sankt Martin)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 94–95. is a town in the

Litija Basin Litija (; german: Littai''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90, 92–93.) is a town in the Litija Basin in central Slovenia. It is the ...

in central

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji (; sl, Občina Šmartno pri Litiji) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmartno pri Litiji. The municipali ...

. The town is located 3 km southeast of

Litija Litija (; german: Littai''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 90, 92–93.) is a town in the Litija Basin in central Slovenia. It is the s ...

at the confluence of three creeks: Reka Creek, Black Creek ( sl, Črni potok), and

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( sl, Kostrevniški potok). The town of

outgrew the formerly more important Šmartno when the

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was routed through Litija. The name of the settlement was first attested in ecclesiastical documents from 1135, although the area was already settled in prehistoric times. The oldest house in Šmartno pri Litiji bears the year 1580, and in the 17th century the Mollerey painting and graphic arts workshop operated in it. The town includes the hamlet of Slatina (in older sources also ''Slatna'', german: Slatenegg).

Church

The center of the town is dominated by the

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dedicated to

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, from which the settlement gets its name (''Šent Martin'' > ''Šmartno''). It belongs to the

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, and was built between 1899 and 1901 on the site of an earlier church mentioned in written documents dating to 1363. The interior of the church is illuminated by light coming through stained-glass windows designed by

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. According to a legend, the church was built on the place where trapped miners in Šmartno were once rescued on Martinmas.

References

External links

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Šmartno pri Litiji on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smartno Pri Litiji Populated places in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji