Šentpavel na Dolenjskem ( or ; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 96–97.) is a settlement just east of Šentvid pri Stični in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Ivančna Gorica municipal site It includes the hamlets of Grumlof (in older sources also Grundelj, ), and Mandrga.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 152.

Name The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Pavel (literally, 'Saint Paul') to Šentpavel na Dolenjskem 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.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.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.Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.

Church

The local church from which the settlement get its name is dedicated to Saint Paul and belongs to the Parish of Šentvid pri Stični. It dates to the 16th century and was restyled in the Baroque in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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External links

Šentpavel na Dolenjskem on Geopedia