page_title: Črni Vrh, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec
section_title: Religious heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Črni Vrh, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec / Religious heritage
caption_attribution_description: English: Church of Saint Leonard in Črni Vrh, Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, Slovenia
context_page_description: Črni Vrh is a dispersed settlement in the hills northwest of Polhov Gradec in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes many isolated farms scattered throughout the hills between Big Božna Creek to the south, Little Božna Creek to the northeast, Dog Plateau to the northwest, and Špilj Hill to the south-southeast.
context_section_description: The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Leonard. It stands west of the settlement on Church Hill (Cerkovni grič). A church at the site was first mentioned in 1526, reworked in 1758. The current structure was built in 1899 based on plans by Moritz (or Moric) Kirchschlager after the earthquake of 1895, which destroyed the previous structure. The interior was painted by Simon Ogrin. The main altar was made in the Ljubljana workshop of the Toman (Thomann) family of stonemasons, and the side altar and pulpit are the work of Valentin Šubic (1859–1927). A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built next to the rectory in 1850. The church is registered as a cultural monument.
  A chapel dedicated to the Assumption of Mary stands west of Črni Vrh, next to the rectory along the road to Church Hill. It is an eight-sided structure with an octagonal pyramid roof surmounted by a cupola, and was dedicated in 1851. A bell tower was added on the north side of the chapel in 1889. The interior furnishings date from the same period as its construction and the chapel is registered as a cultural monument.
  A shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart stands to the east, south of the house at Črni Vrh no. 31. It is a doorless chapel-shrine and was built in 1926. There is another shrine in the eastern part of the village, south of the road. This is a chapel-shrine with doors dedicated to Saint Florian, with a fresco depicting the saint. A third shrine, a chapel-shrine with doors, stands near the farm at Črni Vrh no. 2, north of the road. It dates from the end of the 19th century and contains a wooden crucifix. These shrines are registered as cultural monuments.
caption: Saint Leonard's Church
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS", "Image DateTime": "2012:07:08 01:20:45", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Tag 0x1001": "1824", "Image Tag 0x1002": "1368", "Image ExifOffset": "206", "Image SensitivityType": "Standard Output Sensitivity and Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1250", "EXIF FNumber": "5", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "125", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2012:07:08 01:20:45", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2012:07:08 01:20:45", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "329/32", "EXIF ApertureValue": "149/32", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "149/32", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "11243/500", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1824", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1368", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "608000/79", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "684000/89", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}