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Nova Štifta
Nova ŠtiftaLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°44′46.38″N 14°39′50.05″E / 45.7462167°N 14.6639028°E / 45.7462167; 14.6639028
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Sodražica
Area
• Total	0.26 km (0.10 sq mi)
Elevation	614 m (2,014 ft)
Population
• Total	6

Nova Štifta (pronounced [ˈnɔːʋa ˈʃtiːfta]; German: Neustift) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Church

Nova Štifta is best known for its pilgrimage church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It is a Baroque church with an exterior arcade. It was built between 1641 and 1671 and was commissioned by the Jurij Khisl, lord of the castle in Ribnica, after a mysterious light appeared at Juniper Hill (Brinov vrh, 622 meters or 2,041 feet), as the site is known. The church has an octagonal nave and a smaller square chancel with beveled corners. The cupola rises 27 meters (89 ft) and is topped by a belfry with a Baroque roof. The church is probably based on the Renaissance Coronation of the Virgin Church in Lodi, Italy, which was a model for many later churches in Slovenia.

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. 50.
3. Sodražica municipal site Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 490
5. Petrič, Franci. "Nova Štifta pri Ribnici: Romarska cerkev Marijinega vnebovzetja". Kam.si. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

External links

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

v t e Municipality of Sodražica
Settlements	Administrative seat: Sodražica Current Betonovo Brlog Globel Janeži Jelovec Kotel Kračali Kržeti Lipovšica Male Vinice Nova Štifta Novi Pot Petrinci Podklanec Preska Ravni Dol Sinovica Travna Gora Vinice Zamostec Zapotok Žimarice Former Mali Zapotok Veliki Zapotok
Landmarks	Grass Mountain Kadice Gorge Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Nova Štifta Mary the Star Church in Nova Štifta Sodražica Parish Church

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