Zagorica nad Kamnikom

Zagorica nad Kamnikom
Zagorica nad Kamnikom Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′38.15″N 14°36′4.97″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Kamnik
Area
• Total	0.39 km^2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation	434.7 m (1,426.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	155
[1]

Zagorica nad Kamnikom (pronounced [zaɡɔˈɾiːtsa nat ˈkaːmnikɔm]; German: Sagoritz)^[2] is a settlement on the right bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Zagorica to Zagorica nad Kamnikom in 1953.^[3] In the past the German name was Sagoritz.^[2]

Church

Saint Benedict's Church

The Stranje parish church, dedicated to Saint Benedict, is built on a small hill at the southern end of the settlement. The chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on the Big Pasture Plateau (Slovene: Velika planina) also belongs to this parish.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 30.
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Družina, Slovenia's RKC publication website

External links

• Media related to Zagorica nad Kamnikom at Wikimedia Commons
• Zagorica nad Kamnikom on Geopedia