Official Name: | Gore |
Other Name: | Sveti Jurij ob Turju (until 1955), Sankt Georgen (until 1919) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
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: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Hrastnik |
Area Total Km2: | 6.64 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 101 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.1157°N 15.1401°W |
Elevation M: | 742.6 |
Postal Code: | 1431 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Gore (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡɔːɾɛ/, German: Sankt Georgen[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jurij ob Turju (literally, 'Saint George next to Turje') to Gore (literally, 'mountains') in 1955. 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.[4] [5] [6]
The local church is dedicated to Saint George (Slovenian: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Parish of Hrastnik. It dates to the early 16th century.[7]