Official Name: | Hrastje |
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: | Drava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Maribor |
Area Total Km2: | 5.1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 576 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5408°N 15.5819°W |
Elevation M: | 354.7 |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Hrastje (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]
The name Hrastje is derived from the Slovene common noun hrast 'oak', referring to the local vegetation.[4]
On the slopes of the Pohorje range, at the highest point of the settlement's territory on a hill overlooking Maribor, lie the ruins of a local church dedicated to Saint Wolfgang (Slovenian: sveti Bolfenk). It was built at the end of the 15th century and was disused from 1785 onward. By 1869 it was already a ruin and began to be used as a mountain hut.[5] A small chapel and the belfry have been restored.