Mirna (settlement)

Mirna
Mirna and the Mirna Valley as seen from the Mirna Castle
The central bridge over the river Mirna and the Gothic church of Saint John the Baptist
Mirna Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°57′12.46″N 15°3′43.81″E / 45.9534611°N 15.0621694°E / 45.9534611; 15.0621694Coordinates: 45°57′12.46″N 15°3′43.81″E / 45.9534611°N 15.0621694°E / 45.9534611; 15.0621694
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Jugovzhodna Slovenija
Municipality	Mirna
Area
– Total	3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2011)
– Total	1,398
Website	www.mirna.si
[1][2]

Mirna is a nucleated settlement in the municipality of Mirna, part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and the statistical region of Southeastern Slovenia.^[3][4] It was first mentioned in 1216. It developed at the confluence of the Lipoglavščica stream with the river Mirna and an intersection of regional roads.^[3] The larger part of the settlement lies on the left bank of the river with a small part also on the right bank.^[3]

Economy and demographics

A railway connects Mirna with Trebnje and Sevnica with a station just south of the settlement. This has allowed Mirna to surpass the nearby Šentrupert as the centre of the Mirna Valley.^[3] Currently, Mirna is industrially the most developed settlement in the valley. Major companies in Mirna include Dana, Droga Kolinska, Tomplast, and JGZ Pohorje. Since 1961, the number of inhabitants in Mirna has tripled.^[3]

Main sights

The main sights in Mirna are:

• the central bridge over the river Mirna, built in the 18th century as a wooden bridge on orders by Maria Theresa of Austria, later built in stone due to heavy traffic and the danger of flooding;
• the Gothic parish church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist containing 15th century frescos;
• the Mirna Castle, a 12th century castle to the northwest of the settlement, destroyed in 1942, restorated since 1962 by the professor Marko Marin.

Notable people

Four prominent Slovenes have been associated with Mirna:

• Lojze Grozde (1923–1943), a Roman Catholic martyr, killed in Mirna during World War II by the Partisans;
• Rado Lenček (1921–2005), a linguist, cultural historian and ethnologist in the United States;
• Marko Marin (1930–), a theatre director, art historian, professor and restaurator;
• Maja Vtič (1988–), a ski jumper, the national champion in 2011

Centre of a municipality

Mirna was the centre of an eponymous municipality already before World War II. After the war, Mirna was a municipality from the establishment of municipalities in Slovenia in 1952 till 1959, when it merged into the municipality of Trebnje.^[3]

In November 2009, residents of the parish Mirna voted in a referendum in support of the secession from the Municipality of Trebnje and the establishment of an independent municipality,^[5] but the act about this was rejected in April 2010, mainly because it also included the establishment of the Municipality of Ankaran.^[6]

On 1 February 2011, the National Assembly of Slovenia passed another act about the establishment of the Municipality of Mirna.^[7] That happened after the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ordered the National Assembly in December 2010 to establish the municipality of Mirna within two months and to call elections to its municipal council within 20 days after the establishment.^[8][9] Mirna regained its position as a municipal centre on 26 February 2011.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "Mirna" (in Slovene). Geopedia.si. http://v1.geopedia.si/Geopedia.html#T105_L410_F10143098_s14_b4_vF. Retrieved 9 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Mirna". Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. http://www.stat.si/eng/KrajevnaImena/default.asp?txtIme=MIRNA&selNacin=celo&selTip=naselja&ID=4743. Retrieved 9 February 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Nose, Mojca (2006) (in Slovene, with an English abstract). Regionalna geografija občine Trebnje s poudarkom na prsti in rastlinstvu: diplomsko delo [Regional Geography of the Municipality of Trebnje with Emphasis on the Soil and Vegetation]. Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. http://geo.ff.uni-lj.si/pisnadela/pdfs/dipl_200605_mojca_nose.pdf. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o ustanovitvi občin ter o določitvi njihovih območij (ZUODNO-G) Ur.l. RS, št. 9/2011". PisRS (Office of Legislation, Slovenia). http://www.pisrs.si/Predpis.aspx?id=ZAKO5965&pogled=osnovni. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
5. ^ "V Ankaranu in na Mirni za ustanovitev svoje občine [Residents of Ankaran and Mirna Support the Establishment of Their Own Municipalities]" (in Slovene). Delo.si. 9 November 2009. http://www.delo.si/clanek/92140. 
6. ^ "Ankaran in Mirna ne bosta občini [Ankaran and Mirna Will Not be Municipalities]" (in Slovene). MMC RTV Slovenia. 22 April 2010. http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/ankaran-in-mirna-ne-bosta-obcini/228523. 
7. ^ "Dobili smo novo občino, 211. po vrsti [We Have a New Municipality, the 211th in Line]" (in Slovene). Novice.Dnevnik.si. 1 February 2011. http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/slovenija/1042421273. 
8. ^ "Top Court Orders Creation of Two New Municipalities". Slovenian Press Agency. 6 December 2010. http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1583147. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
9. ^ "Odločba U-I-137/10-47 [Order U-I-137/10-47]" (in Slovene). Constitutional Court of Slovenia. 26 November 2010. http://www.us-rs.si/media/odlocba.u-i-137-10.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 

External links

• Mirna home page