Mala Štanga

Mala Štanga (pronounced [ˈmaːla ˈʃtaːŋɡa]; German: Stangenwald,[2] Stangen[3]) is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. It lies in the Sava Hills (Slovene: Posavsko hribovje) west of Litija. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]

Mala Štanga
Mala Štanga
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°3′35.75″N 14°45′14.08″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityŠmartno pri Litiji
Area
 • Total1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Elevation
529.1 m (1,735.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total26
[1]

An Early Iron Age hillfort has been identified on a hill to the east of the settlement, although the usual associated burial ground has yet to be found.[5]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Klun, V. F. 1852. Archiv für die Landesgeschichte des Herzogthums Krain. Vol. 1. Ljubljana: Kleinmayr & Bamberg, p. 116
  3. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.
  4. Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  5. "EŠD 19943". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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