Loška Gora pri Zrečah explained

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
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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]

Name

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.

Castle

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.zrece.si Zreče municipal site
  3. http://www.stat.si/krajevnaimena/default.asp?txtIme=LO%8AKA%20GORA&selNacin=zacetek&selTip=naselja&ID=5258 Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Loška Gora pri Zrečah.
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 246.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage