Svetega Petra Hrib

Svetega Petra Hrib is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Svetega Petra Hrib means 'Saint Peter's Hill', referring to the location of the village on a hill that rises above Saint Peter's Church in Bodovlje. The name of the settlement was changed from Svetega Petra Hrib to Hrib pri Zmincu in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Svetega Petra Hrib was restored in 1994. In the past the German name was Sankt Peter im Gebirge.

Cultural heritage

The Babnik Granary stands at the Babnik farm in the southern part of the settlement, near Bodovlje Creek. It has a stone foundation and a wooden upper story with a balcony.
The Arhar Chapel stands above the Arhar farm in the northern part of the settlement. It dates from the mid-19th century and is said to have been built in thanksgiving after a wolf was driven away from the Arhar farm. The altar in the chapel is dedicated to Saint Bernard, and his image on the altar is flanked by statues of Saint Peter to the left and Saint Paul to the right. The chapel was renovated in 1935 and again in 2015.