Mount Mirna
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Slovenia}}
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Mount Mirna ({{langx|sl|Mirna gora}}, {{langx|de|Friedensberg, Friedbüchel}}),[http://www.pmk-kocevje.si/media/pdf/sakralna_dediscina/15_mirna_gora.pdf Mirna gora / Friedensberg (with photos)] {{in lang|sl|de}} literally ‘peaceful mountain’, is a mountain in the eastern part of Kočevje Rog.[http://www.belakrajina.si/sl/naravna-dediscina/mirna-gora Mirna gora] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110035059/http://www.belakrajina.si/sl/naravna-dediscina/mirna-gora |date=2013-11-10 }} {{in lang|sl}} It is located above the settlement of Planina and is the highest point in the traditional White Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name of the mountain was attested as Fridt Püchl (literally, 'peace mountain') in 1754.Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 17 (1936), p. 65. Traditional explanations of the name are connected with the function of the church that once stood there or the idea that it was spared from Ottoman attacks.Radešček, Rado, & Milan Bizovičar. 1983. Slovenske legende. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 244. However, like other Slovenian toponyms that seem to contain the adjective miren 'peaceful', it may also be derived from miren 'walled' (e.g., Miren) or through dissimilation from the verb *nyrati 'to arise from the ground' (e.g., the Mirna River or Mirna Peč).Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 263.
History
A church dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier, dating from 1793, formerly stood on Mount Mirna.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071213053906/http://www.slovenia-heritage.net/mirna-gora/eindex.htm Mirna gora]}} It was a pilgrimage church where people prayed for storms to be turned away. The church was burned in 1942, and the bell tower is now used as a viewing platform.
Recreation
Today Mount Mirna is a popular hiking destination. The Mount Mirna Lodge ({{langx|sl|Planinski dom na Mirni gori}}) is located 10 m below the summit,[http://www.hribi.net/gora/dom_na_mirni_gori/25/215 Dom na Mirni gori] {{in lang|sl}} and the summit itself offers good views of White Carniola and the Kolpa Valley.Jarc, Janko. 1967. Partizanski Rog. Ljubljana: Obzorja, p. 9.
References
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External links
- [http://www.geopedia.si/#T105_F1173:41153_x508196.122_y53941.815_s15_b4 Mount Mirna on Geopedia]
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Category:Mountains of White Carniola
Category:One-thousanders of Slovenia
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