A special feature of the church is its high altar, made by Jožef Straub, which was moved to Rdeči breg from the Franciscan church in Ormož.
It is the only church in Slovenia dedicated to St Ignatius of Loyola. The trail is waymarked.
Route description
From the centre of the village we set off along local streets towards the north, where in the hamlet of Puša we come across one of the oldest wooden houses in Slovenia – the Ladejenk house, said to be more than 400 years old. It occasionally hosts ethnological exhibitions. From here we descend into the valley of the Slepnica stream and begin the climb up Rdeči breg. The path leads mainly through pine and beech forest, past small isolated farms with views over the Lovrenc basin. After the last, somewhat longer climb we reach the top of the ridge at the Hudej farm. We continue for a good kilometre westwards along a gravel road. After two hours of walking we reach the Church of St Ignatius of Loyola, the only church in Slovenia dedicated to this saint.
After a rest in the meadow beside the church or in the shade of the old lime trees, we return to Lovrenc the same way, or follow the ridge past Hudej eastwards to the hunting lodge at Klančnik, where refreshments are usually available at weekends, and food by arrangement.
From Klančnik we follow the waymarked path down towards the Ciglenica saddle, walk a few hundred metres to the Kapus farm and take a forest path down into the Slepnica valley. Then there is still the climb back up to Lovrenc.
Every year on 31 July, the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola, and on the nearest Sunday, Holy Mass is celebrated in the church at 11 am.
Route details
Lowest point: 380 m (Slepnica stream valley)
Highest point: 886 m (Church of St Ignatius)
Height difference: 740 m
Walking time: 2 hours to St Ignatius, 4 hours 30 min in total
Difficulty: easy trail
Literature: Pohorje map 1:50,000 (PZS)
