Šentanel

Šentanel Št. Danijel (until 1955), Spodnja Jamnica (1955–1970)
1918 postcard of Šentanel
Šentanel Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°34′21.71″N 14°52′32″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Carinthia
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Prevalje
Area
• Total	4.45 km^2 (1.72 sq mi)
Elevation	681.4 m (2,235.6 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	179
[1]

Šentanel (pronounced [ʃɛnˈtaːnɛu̯] or [ʃənˈtaːnɛu̯]) is a settlement in the hills northwest of Prevalje in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Danijel (literally, '"Saint" Daniel') to Spodnja Jamnica (literally, 'lower cave') 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 Šent Danijel was restored in a contracted form in 1970 as Šentanel.^[3][4][5]

Church

The parish church, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to the Prophet Daniel. The current building was built in 1865 but remains of the original 12th-century building are visible in the belfry.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Prevalje 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. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2938

External links

• Šentanel on Geopedia