Šmihel, Pivka

Šmihel Šmihel na Krasu (until 1952), Dolane (1952–1990)
Šmihel Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°39′8.79″N 14°10′47.45″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Pivka
Area
• Total	2.02 km^2 (0.78 sq mi)
Elevation	447.9 m (1,469.5 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	117
[1]

Šmihel (pronounced [ʃmiˈxeːu̯], German: Sankt Michael)^[2] is a village south of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.^[3] It includes the hamlet of Ravne (German: Raunach)^[2] to the west.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šmihel na Krasu (literally, 'Saint Michael on the Karst') to Dolane in 1952. 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 Šmihel was restored in 1990.^[4][5][6]

Church

The parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Michael and belongs to the Koper Diocese.^[7]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. pp. 136–137.
3. Pivka municipal site
4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
5. 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.
6. Urbanc, Mimi & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
7. Koper Diocese list of churches

External links

• Media related to Šmihel at Wikimedia Commons
• Šmihel on Geopedia