| Official Name: | Laze pri Boštanju |
| 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: | Lower Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lower Sava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sevnica |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.79 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 34 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.987°N 15.2782°W |
| Elevation M: | 565.8 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Laze pri Boštanju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈlaːzɛ pɾi bɔˈʃtaːnju/) is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of Boštanj in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2] It includes the hamlets of Rekštanj (German: Ruckenstein)[3] and Zapuže.[4]
The name of the settlement was changed from Laze to Laze pri Boštanju (literally, 'Laze near Boštanj') in 1955[5] to differentiate it from other settlements with the same name. The name Laze is derived from the common noun laz 'cleared area in or next to a forest overgrown with grass'. This was originally a masculine plural noun (preserved in some other toponyms such as Dolenji Lazi), but it became a feminine plural noun like similar toponyms (e.g., Laze pri Dolskem, Zgornje Laže, etc.) due to the ambiguous accusative ending in -e.[6]
The ruins of Rekštanj Castle (German: Ruckenstein), a medieval castle first mentioned in written documents dating to 1392 and abandoned in the 17th century, lie north of the settlement on a hill above the right bank of the Mirna River.[7]