| Official Name: | Šentrupert |
| Other Name: | Sveti Rupert (until 1952), Breze (1952–1994) |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Laško |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.79 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 361 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.1674°N 15.3565°W |
| Elevation M: | 491.5 |
| Postal Code: | 3271 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Šentrupert (in Slovenian pronounced as /ʃɛnˈtɾúːpɛɾt, - ʃənˈ-/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Rupert (literally, 'Saint Rupert') to Breze (literally, 'birches') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] The name Sveti Rupert was restored in a contracted form in 1994 as Šentrupert.[5] [6]
The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Rupert and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It dates to the 16th century.[7]