Šentpavel ( or ; in older sources Sveti PaulIntelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 21. or Šent Pavel,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108. ) is a settlement in the hills southeast of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Ljubljana municipal site
Name Šentpavel is named for the local church, dedicated to Saint Paul. The settlement is also known as Šempav in the local dialect (resulting in the demonym Šempavec and the adjective šempavski).Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 367. The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Pavel to Šentpavel in 1955.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. In the past the German name was Sankt Paul.
History
A level area on Molnik Hill, west-southwest of the village, suggests that a fortification may have stood here in the past. South of the village is the ruin of a house known as Anžek. It has a hole in the ground lined with stones where flax was scutched in the past. During the Second World War a Partisan group known as the Molnik Company () was stationed on Molnik Hill.
On 4 July 1945 a detachment of Yugoslav military police (KNOJ) abducted eight men from the village and murdered them in the forest between the Reka River and the hamlet of Razore in the village of Zagradišče. Their bodies were discovered buried in two pits in the woods. The villagers wanted to rebury them in the Šentpavel cemetery, but the bodies were taken away by the authorities and reburied anonymously,Kržan, Vanja. 2010. "Mi pa oznanjamo Kristusa, križanega (1 Kor 1,23)." Zaveza 42 (25 February). Žajdela, Ivo. 1991. Komunistični zločini na Slovenskem, vol. 1. Ljubljana: ČZP Novo Jutro, pp. 136–137."Pojdimo v Šentpavel" at druzina.si presumably in a mass grave at Saint Ulrich's Church in the Ljubljana neighborhood of Dobrunje.Ložar, France & Ivanka Kozlevčar. 2011. "Mačkova ideja za ovekovečenje Svetega Urha" Zaveza 66 (18 July) Društvo za zamolčane grobove in stranke slovenske pomladi. 1994. Letter to the editor. In: Naša skupnost (Ljubljana) 35(8) (29 November): 4. Žajdela, Ivo. 1990. "Komunistična grobišča na Slovenskem." Tribuna: študentski časopis 39(18):8–11, p. 9. A memorial to the victims was erected in the village cemetery on 15 July 1990.
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saint Paul and belongs to the Parish of Sostro. It is a single-nave church with an apse with late Gothic painting. Its architecture attests to a medieval origin. It has a bell-gable, a wooden portico, and a walled cemetery. It was remodeled in the 17th century and the main altar with a painting of Saint Paul was created in 1878 by Štefan ŠubicSlovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2290 (1820–1884).Kuret, Niko. 1981. Jaslice na Slovenskem: kulturnozgodovinski in narodopisni oris. Ljubljana: Družina, p. 285. The chancel was rebuilt and painted in 1668. The walls are decorated with remnants of images of the twelve apostles, and winged symbols representing the four evangelists decorate the vault.Cultural heritage sign at the church. A side altar dedicated to Saint Wolfgang dates from the end of the 17th century.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Šentpavel include: Jerica Zemljan (1879–1942), writer and household economics teacher
References
External links
Šentpavel on Geopedia