Polšnik
Polšnik is located in Slovenia
Polšnik
Polšnik
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°4′7″N 14°57′39″E / 46.06861°N 14.96083°E / 46.06861; 14.96083
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Sava
MunicipalityLitija
Area
 • Total8.08 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Elevation
664.4 m (2,179.8 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total122
[1]

Polšnik (pronounced [ˈpoːu̯ʃnik]; German: Billichberg[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3] Together with the two parts of the main settlement (Zgornji Polšnik and Spodnji Polšnik) it also includes the hamlets of Na Puši, Seruč, Koprivnik, Slop, Glinjek, Velika Njiva (Slovene: Velika njiva), and Sušje.[4]

History

Polšnik was created as a single settlement in 1953, when the previously separate villages of Spodnji Polšnik and Zgornji Polšnik were merged.[5]

Church

View from the south
Church interior
Our Lady of Lourdes Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was designed by Franc Avsec[4] and built in 1904 with an octagonal nave.[6] A second church, built on Glinjek Hill (828 m) south of the main settlement, belongs to the same parish. It is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: sveti Jurij) and originally dates to the 13th century. It was restyled in the 19th century, but retains some of its original features.[7]

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. 94.
  3. ↑ Municipality of Litija website
  4. 1 2 Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 276.
  5. ↑ Razširjeni seznam sprememb naselij: od 1948 do 1964: (poimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglastive in ukinitve). Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko. 1965. pp. 80, 95, 121.
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2155
  7. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2160


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