Ježni Vrh

Ježni Vrh (pronounced [ˈjeːʒni ˈʋəɾx]; in older sources also Ješenji Vrh,[2] German: Jeschenberg[2]) is a small settlement in the hills southeast of Velika Kostrevnica in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Ježni Vrh
Ježni Vrh
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°0′22.24″N 14°54′29.06″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityŠmartno pri Litiji
Area
 • Total0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Elevation
543.6 m (1,783.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total21
[1]

Church

The church in Ježni Vrh is dedicated to Saint Peter and was completed in 1998. The church was built in gratitude by locals to commemorate the rescue of a group of 60 villagers from their Partisan captors in 1944; the villagers were tortured and led to an abandoned mine for execution, but then released. The church contains a statue of Saint Peter created by Bojan Stine. The church was consecrated by Prelate Božidar Metelko in 1999, and its third bell was blessed by Archbishop Franc Rode in 2000.[4]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 90.
  3. Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  4. Zadražnik, Vinko. 2003. Gradnja cerkve svetega Petra na Ježnem Vrhu. In: Pavel Sporn (ed.), Rod se za rodom vrsti. Zbornik. Župnije Primskovo na Dolenjskem ob 250-letnici začetka župnije, pp. 423–426. Primskovo: Župniški urad.
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