Å entjernej

Šentjernej Občina Šentjernej
Town and Municipality
Location of the Municipality of Å entjernej in Slovenia
Å entjernej Location of the Town of Å entjernej in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°50′N 15°20′E / 45.833°N 15.333°ECoordinates: 45°50′N 15°20′E / 45.833°N 15.333°E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Radko Luzar
Area
• Total	96.0 km^2 (37.1 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
• Total	6,583
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02)

Å entjernej (pronounced [ʃɛnˈtjɛːɾnÉ›i̯] or [ʃənˈtjɛːɾnÉ›i̯]; in older sources also Å ent Jernej,^[2] German: Sankt Bartlmä^[2]) is a small town and a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

The parish church, from which the town also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew (Slovene: sveti Jernej) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It is a Baroque building with remains of two earlier churches, one Romanesque from the 12th century and the other a 15th-century Gothic one, preserved in the floor of the current building. Two 18th-century side altars were brought to the church from the Cistercian monastery at Kostanjevica.^[4]

Twin towns — Sister cities

Å entjernej is twinned with:

• BÅ™eclav, Czech Republic

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 72.
3. Å entjernej municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference numbers 2433

External links

• Municipality of Å entjernej on Geopedia