Šentjošt nad Horjulom is a settlement in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In addition to the main settlement, it also includes the hamlets of Kogel, Krvinet, Kurja Vas (Kurja vas), Paradiže, Pišek, Potok, and Stavnik, as well as part of the hamlet of Suhi Dol.NameThe name Šentjošt nad Horjulom literally means 'Šentjošt above Horjul'. The name Šentjošt is a fused compound of šent 'saint, holy' (< Latin sanctus) and Jošt 'Judoc(us), Josse' and is derived from the local church dedicated to the same saint. The settlement was formerly known as Sveti Jošt nad Vrhniko, Šentjošt nad Vrhniko (literally, 'Šentjošt above Vrhnika'), or simply Šent Jošt. The name of the settlement was official changed to Šentjošt nad Horjulom in 1955.HistoryArchaeological finds in Šentjošt nad Horjulom include two silver bracelets from the early Slavic period.A part-time school was established in the rectory in 1810. A school building was built in 1900, and regular lessons started being held in 1923.Šentjost nad Horjulom was the site where the first Village Guard (Vaška straža) was founded in Slovenia in July 1942. The settlement's anti-communist orientation resulted in a number of Partisan reprisals. On 24 July 1942 the village was attacked by Partisan forces numbering as many as 400. The Partisans, who were fought off by the local militia, then attacked surrounding villages as they retreated, killing 20 people (nine married men, three women, five unmarried men, two unmarried girls, and one child) and burning 16 farms. After the Second World War, there were almost no men left in the village, and the first postwar child was not born until 1955. There is a shrine next to the cemetery in Šentjost nad Horjulom dedicated to the non-communist dead of the Second World War, and in the cemetery itself there is a cross dedicated to the Slovene Home Guard.