Ambrož pod Krvavcem

Ambrož pod Krvavcem Sveti Ambrož (until 1955)
Ambrož pod Krvavcem Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°16′31.56″N 14°31′40.2″E / 46.2754333°N 14.527833°ECoordinates: 46°16′31.56″N 14°31′40.2″E / 46.2754333°N 14.527833°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional Region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Cerklje na Gorenjskem
Elevation	1,078.8 m (3,539.4 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	74
[1]

Ambrož pod Krvavcem (pronounced [amˈbɾoːʃ pɔt kəɾˈʋaːu̯tsɛm]; German: Sankt Ambrosi^[2]) is a high-elevation village in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Ambrož (literally, 'Saint Ambrose') to Ambrož pod Krvavcem (literally, 'Ambrose below Mount Krvavec') 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.^[3][4][5] In the past the German name was Sankt Ambrosi.^[2]

Church

Saint Ambrose's Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Ambrose, thus also the village's name.^[6]

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. 52.
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. Cerklje municipal website

External links

• Media related to Ambrož pod Krvavcem at Wikimedia Commons
• Ambrož pod Krvavcem on Geopedia