Mala Pristava (,
) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
southwest of
Pivka
Pivka (, , ) is a small town in Slovenia in the Pivka Basin in the Karst region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Pivka. It belongs to the traditional region of Inner Carniola.
Name
Pivka was first mentioned in 1300 as ''villa Sancti Petri ...
in the
Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica (plateau), Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the Goriška, Gor ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
History
Mala Pristava formerly included the hamlet of
Ribnica.
In 1994, territory from
Nadanje Selo
Nadanje Selo () is a settlement south of Å mihel in the Municipality of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
History
In 1994, territory from Nadanje Selo, Mala Pristava, Nova Sušica
Nova Sušica (, ) is a village southwest of Pivka ...
, Mala Pristava,
Nova Sušica
Nova Sušica (, ) is a village southwest of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
Locally, the name ''Nova Sušica'' has been reduced via Syncope (phonology), syncope to ''Novašica''.
History
In 1994, territory from Nadanje Selo, ...
, and
Stara Sušica was combined to create Ribnica as a separate settlement.
Church
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes (; ) is one the Marian devotions, devotional names or titles under which the Catholic Church venerates the Mary, mother of Jesus, Virgin Mary. The name commemorates a series of Lourdes apparitions, 18 apparitions reported by ...
and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of
Å mihel.
Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
Mala Pristava on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Pivka
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