Lužarji

Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

45°48′12.38″N 14°33′23.94″E / 45.8034389°N 14.5566500°E / 45.8034389; 14.5566500Country

SloveniaTraditional regionLower CarniolaStatistical region Central SloveniaMunicipalityVelike LaščeArea

• Total1.2 km² (0.5 sq mi)Elevation

787.3 m (2,583.0 ft)Population

(2002)

• Total20^[1]

Lužarji (pronounced [ˈluːʒaɾji]; German: Luschari^[2]) is a small village in the hills southwest of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

The name Lužarji is a collective toponym, referring to a settlement where several people with the surname Lužar lived.^[4]

Church

The local church, built outside the settlement to the north, is dedicated to Saint Oswald and belongs to the Parish of Velike Lašče. It is a medieval building that was thoroughly rebuilt in the mid-18th century. The church was burned during the Second World War, at Christmas 1942.^[5] After the war, there was political opposition in Yugoslavia to restoring the church.^[5] It was restored in the 1980s and was consecrated by Bishop Stanislav Lenič on August 1, 1982.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 44.
^ Velike Lašče municipal site
^ Kladnik, Drago (2000). "Velikolaška pokrajina". Enciklopedija Slovenije. Vol. 14. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. pp. 177–178.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Podružnica svetega Ožbolta in Marije Snežne na Lužarjih". Župnija Velike Lašče. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2646