Sveti Duh (, ) is a small

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north of Nova Vas in the

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in the

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region of

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Duh'' (literally, 'Holy Spirit') to ''Krajič'' 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 connotations from toponyms. The name ''Sveti Duh'' was restored in 1989.

Church

The local church in the settlement, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

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References

External links

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Sveti Duh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bloke {{Bloke-geo-stub