Nova Štifta, Gornji Grad

Nova Štifta
The hamlet of Šmiklavž in Nova Štifta
Nova Štifta Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°16′45.6″N 14°46′34.66″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Gornji Grad
Area
• Total	34.09 km^2 (13.16 sq mi)
Elevation	476.1 m (1,562.0 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	593
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
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Nova Štifta (pronounced [ˈnoːʋa ˈʃtiːfta]) is a settlement in the Upper Dreta Valley in the Municipality of Gornji Grad in Slovenia. It is made up of three hamlets: Šmiklavž, Tirosek, and Zgornji Dol (formerly known as Štajngrob).^[2] The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[3]

Churches

Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church

Saint Nicholas's Church

Presentation of Mary Church

Churches in Nova Štifta

The parish church in the settlement is a popular pilgrimage church. It is known as Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church (Slovene: Cerkev sv. Marije Zvezde) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It has a large nave with three chapels on either side and two belfries on its western facade. It was built until 1854 by the master builder Matej Medved on the site of a former three-nave Renaissance church, which burnt in fire in 1850. A second church in the hamlet of Šmiklavž is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It is octagonal in its floor plan with an added belfry and two rectangular chapels. It was built between 1869 and 1872.^[4] The third church stands in Zgornji Dol and is dedicated to the Presentation of Mary. It was erected in the early 16th century and redesigned in the 19th century.^[5][6]

Gallery

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  Historical postcard of Nova Štifta
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  Historical postcard of churches in Nova Štifta

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. "Razvojni program Občine Gornji Grad 2011 – 2015 z elementi do 2020" [The 2011–2015, with Elements Until 2020, Development Programme of the Municipality of Gornji Grad] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Municipality of Gornji Grad. 2011.
3. Gornji Grad municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference numbers 3205 & 3207
5. "Župnija Nova Štifta" [The Parish of Nova Štifta] (in Slovenian). Parish of Nova Štifta. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
6. "Dol pri Gornjem Gradu – cerkev Marijinega darovanja" [Dol pri Gornjem Gradu: Presentation of Mary Church]. Registry of Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links

• Media related to Nova Štifta at Wikimedia Commons
• Nova Štifta on Geopedia