Sveti Jurij () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Rogatec
The Municipality of Rogatec (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogatec. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Stati ...
in eastern
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. It lies northeast of the town of
Rogatec
Rogatec (; Suppan, Arnold. 1996. ''Jugoslawien und Österreich 1918–1938: Bilaterale Außenpolitik im Europäischen Umfeld.'' Vienna: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, p. 663.) is a small town in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. I ...
, east of
Donačka Gora
Donačka Gora (; ) is a settlement east of the town of Rogatec in eastern Slovenia. It lies south of a hill with the same name. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
The local ...
, and south of
Mount Saint Donatus
Mount Saint Donatus () also known as Mount Rogatec (), elevation , is a mountain in eastern Slovenia. It is among the easternmost peaks in the Karawanks, which extend to Mount Ivanšćica in Croatia.
Name
The older names for the mountain—''Mo ...
. It is sometimes known as ''Sveti Jurij pri Donački Gori'' (literally, Sveti Jurij near Donačka Gora) to differentiate it from
other settlements with the same name. The entire Rogatec area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
. It is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly compr ...
.
The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, 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
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 Rogatec. It was originally a
Late Gothic church, extensively rebuilt in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3325
References
External links
Sveti Jurij on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Rogatec
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