Nadgrad Explained

Official Name:Nadgrad
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:Styra
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:1.34
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:59
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4216°N 15.4516°W
Elevation M:851.4
Footnotes:[1]

Nadgrad (in Slovenian pronounced as /nadˈɡɾaːt/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈnaːdɡɾat/, in older sources also Nad Gradom,[2] German: Oberschlossberg[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica 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 Drava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The settlement's name in Slovene is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, and it means 'above the castle'. This refers to a 12th-century castle known as Zajčji grad, the ruins of which can still be seen on a hill south of the settlement.[4] The name contrasts with that of neighboring Podgrad (literally, 'below the castle'), which stands about 180m (590feet) lower in elevation.

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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 . 49.
  3. http://www.slovenska-bistrica.si/ Slovenska Bistrica municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage