Sveta Trojica, Bloke

Sveta Trojica Šivče (1955–1991), Trojica (local name)
Sveta Trojica Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°48′40.98″N 14°28′38.84″E / 45.8113833°N 14.4774556°ECoordinates: 45°48′40.98″N 14°28′38.84″E / 45.8113833°N 14.4774556°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Bloke
Area
• Total	0.84 km^2 (0.32 sq mi)
Elevation	738.3 m (2,422.2 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	8
[1]

Sveta Trojica (pronounced [ˈsʋeːta tɾɔˈjiːtsa]) is a small village north of Velike Bloke in the Municipality of Bloke in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Trojica (literally, 'Holy Trinity') to Šivče 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 elements from toponyms. The name Sveti Trojica was restored in 1991.^[3][4][5] Locally, the settlement is known as Trojica.^[6]

Church

The parish church in the settlement, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana.^[7]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Bloke municipal site
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
6. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 56.
7. Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website

External links

• Sveta Trojica on Geopedia