Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah explained

Official Name:	Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah
Other Name:	Sveti Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah (until 1952)
Settlement Type:	Town
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:	Lenart
Population As Of:	2023
Population Total:	3449
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Coordinates:	46.5742°N 15.8322°W
Elevation M:	264
Registration Plate:	MB
Footnotes:	^[1]

Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈleːnaɾt ʍ slɔˈʋeːnskiɣ ɡɔˈɾiːtsax/; Slovenian: Lenart v Slovenskih goricah, German: Sankt Leonhard in Windischbüheln^[2]) is a town in the Slovene Hills in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.^[3] It is the seat of the municipality.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lenart v Slovenskih goricah (literally, 'Saint Leonard in the Slovene Hills') to Lenart v Slovenskih goricah (literally, 'Leonard in the Slovene Hills') 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.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah include:

• Franc Breznik (born 1970), politician^[7]
• Vito Kraigher (1911–1945), communist politician^[8]
• Ožbolt Ilaunig (1876–1945), judge and author^[9]
• Janez Kramberger (born 1961), politician^[10]
• Franc Kramberger (born 1936), Roman Catholic prelate
• Camillo Morocutti (1893–?), politician and author^[11]
• Anton Murko (1809–1871), priest^[12]
• Luka Martin Tomažič (born 1988), legal scholar
• Marjan Toš (born 1957), historian and author^[13]
• Lojze Ude Jr. (born 1936), legal scholar^[14]
• Petra Weingerl (born 1987), legal scholar^[15]

External links

• Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah on Geopedia

Notes and References

1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 214.
3. http://www.lenart.si/ Lenart municipal site
4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
5. 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.
6. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
7. Web site: 31 August 2023 . Franc Breznik: Poslanec v DZ . 31 August 2023 . SDS.
8. http://www.sistory.si/publikacije/prenos/?target=pdf&urn=SISTORY:ID:9316#page=87 Šubelj, Ljuba Dornik. 2005. "Podatki o dr. Vitu Kraigherju so bili državna tajnost." Arhivi 28(1): 77–85.
9. Web site: Jurič . Tamara . 26 May 2020 . Ilaunig, Ožbolt . 31 August 2023 . Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin.
10. Web site: 31 August 2023 . Župan občine, mag. Janez Kramberger . 31 August 2023 . Občina Lenart.
11. Web site: Pirjevec . Avgust . 31 August 2023 . Slovenska biografija: Morocutti, Camillo . 31 August 2023 . Slovenska biografija.
12. Web site: Habjanič . Iva . 11 June 2021 . Murko, Anton . 31 August 2023 . Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin.
13. Web site: Toš . Marjan . 17 December 2020 . Toš, Marjan . 31 August 2023 . Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin.
14. Web site: 31 August 2023 . Slovenska biografija: Ude, Lojze ml. . 31 August 2023 . Slovenska biografija.
15. Web site: 31 August 2023 . ASEF: Weingerl Petra . 31 August 2023 . ASEF.