# Mount Mirna

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**Mount Mirna** (Slovene: *Mirna gora*, German: *Friedensberg, Friedbüchel*),[1] literally ‘peaceful mountain’, is a mountain in the eastern part of [Kočevje Rog](/source/Ko%C4%8Devje_Rog).[2] It is located above the settlement of [Planina](/source/Planina,_Semi%C4%8D) and is the highest point in the traditional [White Carniola](/source/White_Carniola) region of [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia).[2]

## Name

The name of the mountain was attested as *Fridt Püchl* (literally, 'peace mountain') in 1754.[3] Traditional explanations of the name are connected with the function of the church that once stood there or the idea that it was spared from [Ottoman attacks](/source/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe).[4] However, like other Slovenian toponyms that seem to contain the adjective *miren* 'peaceful', it may also be derived from *miren* 'walled' (e.g., [Miren](/source/Miren)) or through dissimilation from the verb **nyrati* 'to arise from the ground' (e.g., the [Mirna River](/source/Mirna_(Sava)) or [Mirna Peč](/source/Mirna_Pe%C4%8D)).[5]

## History

A church dedicated to Saint [Francis Xavier](/source/Francis_Xavier), dating from 1793, formerly stood on Mount Mirna.[6] It was a pilgrimage church where people prayed for storms to be turned away. The church was burned in 1942,[2] and the bell tower is now used as a viewing platform.

## Recreation

Today Mount Mirna is a popular hiking destination. The Mount Mirna Lodge (Slovene: *Planinski dom na Mirni gori*) is located 10 m below the summit,[7] and the summit itself offers good views of White Carniola and the [Kolpa](/source/Kolpa) Valley.[8]

## References

1. [Mirna gora / Friedensberg (with photos)](http://www.pmk-kocevje.si/media/pdf/sakralna_dediscina/15_mirna_gora.pdf) (in Slovene, German)

1. [Mirna gora](http://www.belakrajina.si/sl/naravna-dediscina/mirna-gora) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131110035059/http://www.belakrajina.si/sl/naravna-dediscina/mirna-gora) 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)

1. *Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo* 17 (1936), p. 65.

1. Radešček, Rado, & Milan Bizovičar. 1983. *Slovenske legende.* Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 244.

1. Snoj, Marko. 2009. *Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen*. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 263.

1. [Mirna gora](https://web.archive.org/web/20071213053906/http://www.slovenia-heritage.net/mirna-gora/eindex.htm)

1. [Dom na Mirni gori](http://www.hribi.net/gora/dom_na_mirni_gori/25/215) (in Slovene)

1. Jarc, Janko. 1967. *Partizanski Rog.* Ljubljana: Obzorja, p. 9.

## External links

- [Mount Mirna on Geopedia](http://www.geopedia.si/#T105_F1173:41153_x508196.122_y53941.815_s15_b4)

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