Official Name: | Loška Gora pri Zrečah |
Other Name: | Loška Gora (until 1998) |
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: | Zreče |
Area Total Km2: | 2.53 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 161 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.3945°N 15.3623°W |
Elevation M: | 714 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfb |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Loška Gora pri Zrečah (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈloːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa pɾi ˈzɾeːtʃax/) is a settlement above the right banks of the Dravinja River in the Municipality of Zreče in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
Until 1998, the name of the village was simply Loška Gora.[3] The settlement was attested in 1279 as Luchsperch and the name is derived from the common noun log 'wooded low-lying meadow; woods'.[4] The name therefore literally means 'wooded mountain', and the epithet pri Zrečah 'near Zreče' distinguishes it from other settlements with the same name.
Remains of a 13th-century castle known as Lušperk Castle, also referred to as Loški grad, can be seen on a hill northwest of the settlement.[5]