Hrastovec, Velenje Explained

Official Name:Hrastovec
Other Name:Sveti Bric (until 1955)
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:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Velenje
Area Total Km2:1.21
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:289
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3867°N 15.1138°W
Elevation M:432.4
Footnotes:[1]

Hrastovec (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Bric (literally, 'Saint Brice') to Hrastovec 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.[3] [4] [5]

Turn Castle

South of the settlement is a 13th-century castle known was (Slovenian: Grad Turn). It was greatly rebuilt and remodelled over the centuries, with the last major building phase dating to the 18th century.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.velenje.si Velenje municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage