title: Vintarji
text: # Vintarji
  
  Vintarji (pronounced) is a small settlement in the hills west of Sveti Gregor in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The entire municipality lies in the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
  
  ## Name
  
  Vintarji was attested in historical sources as Wintter in 1436. The name Vintarji is a collective toponym, referring to a settlement where several people with the surname Vintar lived.
  
  