Pri Cerkvi–Struge (; , in older sources also Pricerkev and Pri cerkviLeksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 50.Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 231.) is a village in the Municipality of Dobrepolje in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Dobrepolje municipal site
Name Pri Cerkvi–Struge is a compound name; pri cerkvi means 'at the church' and refers to the parish church. Struge () is a regional designation referring to the entire southern part of the Dobrepolje karst polje, also including the villages of Četež pri Strugah, Kolenča Vas, Lipa, Podtabor, Potiskavec, Rapljevo, Tisovec, and Tržič. The name Struge literally means 'river channels' (from the Slovene common noun struga) and is a relatively frequent element in place names.Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 399–400.
Church
The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It is a medieval church that was extensively rebuilt in the mid-19th century.
History During the Second World War, a number of civilians from Pri Cerkvi–Struge were murdered on 28 July 1942 and buried in the Žiglovica Cave Mass Grave () in Ribnica.Žiglovica Cave Mass Grave on Geopedia
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Pri Cerkvi–Struge on Geopedia