Official Name: | Vrh nad Želimljami |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Škofljica |
Area Total Km2: | 1 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 293 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9114°N 14.5896°W |
Elevation M: | 537.9 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1291 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Vrh nad Želimljami (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement above Želimlje in the Municipality of Škofljica in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Vrh to Vrh nad Želimljami in 1953.[3]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Peter and belongs to the Parish of Želimlje. It is a 15th-century Gothic building that was restyled in the Baroque. Fragments of mid-15th-century frescos are preserved on its interior walls.[4]