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<h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>Tunjice was attested in historical sources as <i>Tevnicz</i> in 1306, <i>Toͤvnicz</i> in 1302, <i>Tewnicz</i> in 1397, <i>Tewcz</i> in 1405, and <i>Teynitz</i> in 1499.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The name is probably derived from the adjective <i>*tun'e</i> 'free, given', referring to land that was transferred as a gift.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="church">Church</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Parish_church/AfPvuMe7">parish church</a>, dedicated to <a href="/facts/Saint_Anne/UwAeAH4b">Saint Anne</a>, stands on a hill above the settlement and is an imposing <a href="/facts/Baroque_architecture/l9QT8K91">High-Baroque</a> <a href="/facts/Dome/E95EWuHl">domed</a> building. It was commissioned by <a href="/facts/Peter_Pavel_Glavar/WCfEIE4S">Peter Pavel Glavar</a> and built from 1761 to 1766 based on plans by the architect Lovrenc Prager.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <p>Notable people that were born or lived in Tunjice include: </p> <ul><li>France Stele (1886–1972), art historian and conservation specialist</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Tunjice at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><a href="https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:2145_x1621587.599640926_y5818238.076929232_s14_b2345">Tunjice on Geopedia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zdravilnigaj.si/eng_index.htm">Tunjice Natural Health Resort site</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081222215720/http://www.zdravilnigaj.si/eng_index.htm">Archived</a> 2008-12-22 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko (PDF). Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 30. <a href="https://www.sistory.si/cdn/publikacije/1001-2000/1109/Leksikon_obcin_VI_Kranjsko_1906.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sistory.si/cdn/publikacije/1001-2000/1109/Leksikon_obcin_VI_Kranjsko_1906.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Slovenian Tourist Board site <a href="http://www.slovenia.info/?duhovne_sprostitve=886" target="_blank">http://www.slovenia.info/?duhovne_sprostitve=886</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Slovenska historična topografija". Retrieved February 3, 2020. <a href="https://topografija.zrc-sazu.si/" target="_blank">https://topografija.zrc-sazu.si/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 442. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 442. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Vidrih, Rebeka. "Cerkev sv. Ane v Tunjicah". In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Golež, Gregor; Podjed, Dan; Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Ines, Jerele (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 July 2012. <a href="http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/437-cerkev-sv-ane-v-tunjicah" target="_blank">http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/437-cerkev-sv-ane-v-tunjicah</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>