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Vinska Gora Šent Janž na Vinski Gori (until 1955)
Vinska GoraLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°20′43.98″N 15°10′14.12″E / 46.3455500°N 15.1705889°E / 46.3455500; 15.1705889
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Velenje
Area
• Total	1.23 km (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation	373.4 m (1,225.1 ft)
Population
• Total	361

Vinska Gora (pronounced [ˈʋiːnska ˈɡɔːɾa]) is a village in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Janž na Vinski Gori (literally, 'Saint John on Wine Mountain') to Vinska Gora (literally, 'Wine Mountain') in 1955. 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.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in the 15th century with major rebuilding dating to the 19th century.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Velenje municipal site
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. 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.
5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3027

External links

• Vinska Gora on Geopedia

v t e Urban Municipality of Velenje
Settlements	Administrative seat: Velenje Current Arnače Bevče Črnova Hrastovec Janškovo Selo Kavče Laze Lipje Lopatnik Lopatnik pri Velenju Ložnica Paka pri Velenju Paški Kozjak Pirešica Plešivec Podgorje Podkraj pri Velenju Prelska Šenbric Silova Škale Škalske Cirkovce Šmartinske Cirkovce Vinska Gora Former Konovo Pesje Preloge Šalek Stara Vas
Landmarks	Lake Družmirje Lake Škale Lake Velenje Metul Peak Memorial Park Šalek Castle Velenje Castle Velenje Museum
Notable people	Gustav Šilih

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