Stična (; in older sources also Zatičina,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 102–103. ) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Ivančna Gorica municipal site It lies just north of Ivančna Gorica and is best known for its Cistercian Abbey. The abbey dates to the 12th century and is the oldest monastery in Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Rupe, Štorovje (in older sources also Stornje), and Svinjska Vas (, ).Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 150–151. A former hamlet named KaffeehausWeixelburg und Zirknitz (map, 1:75,000). 1912. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. also stood between Svinjska Vas and Rupe.
Name Stična was first attested in 1136 as Sitik and Siticum (and as Sitich in 1190, Sitic in 1215, Sittich in 1241, and Sitizena in 1689). It is derived (via dissimilation) from *Štična, which developed through vowel reduction from *Žitičina, created from the personal name *Žitiťь (which was the basis for the German name Sittich). *Žitiťь was a hypocorism of the name *Žitъ.Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 395. An archaic variant of the name, Zatičina, was still used in the early 20th century.Nadrah, Anton, & France Baraga. 1998. Stična ob jubilejih: 1098-1898-1998: devetstoletnica cistercijanskega reda in stoletnica ponovne naselitve stiške opatije. Stična: Cistercijanska opatija, p. 189.Zadnikar, Marijan. 1990. Stična: znamenitosti najstarejšega slovenskega samostana. Ljubljana: Družina, p. 9. The settlement was known as Sittich in German in the past.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Stiča include: Peter Držaj (1913–1944), Partisan doctorCiperle, Jože, et al. 2012. Medicinska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani 1919–1945. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, p. 62. Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (1691–1757), Carniolan astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and cartographer Lado Ambrožič (1948–), journalist and editor
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Stična on Geopedia