Gore (, ) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Hrastnik The Municipality of Hrastnik (; ) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Hrastnik. The area is part of the traditional Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava Statistic ...

in central

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jurij ob Turju'' (literally, 'Saint George next to Turje') to ''Gore'' (literally, 'mountains') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

Church

The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

is dedicated to

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

() and belongs to the Parish of Hrastnik. It dates to the early 16th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2947

References

External links

Gore on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Hrastnik {{Hrastnik-geo-stub