Lemberg pri Šmarju
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Lemberg pri Šmarju is a settlement in the Šmarje pri Jelšah
municipality
in eastern Slovenia
. It lies in the hills to the northeast of Šmarje. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria
. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region
.
Lemberg was the site of a medieval castle
. Very few ruins of the castle remain visible today. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1224. It was owned by the Lords of Sannegg
and was abandoned in the 15th century. What does remain is the castle chapel
, now the church dedicated to Saint Pancras. It was extended and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries. A second church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas
. It was a 15th century building restyled in the Baroque
in the 18th century. Both churches belong to the Sladka Gora
parish
.
Šmarje pri Jelšah
Šmarje pri Jelšah is a town and a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in eastern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It lies in the hills to the northeast of Šmarje. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region
Savinjska statistical region
The Savinja statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River....
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Lemberg was the site of a medieval castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
. Very few ruins of the castle remain visible today. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1224. It was owned by the Lords of Sannegg
Counts of Celje
The Counts of Cilli or Celje represent the most important medieval aristocratic and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia....
and was abandoned in the 15th century. What does remain is the castle chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
, now the church dedicated to Saint Pancras. It was extended and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries. A second church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
. It was a 15th century building restyled in the Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
in the 18th century. Both churches belong to the Sladka Gora
Sladka Gora
Sladka Gora is a settlement in the Šmarje pri Jelšah municipality in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills to the north of Šmarje. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region....
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
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