Stari Grad v Podbočju explained

Official Name:Stari Grad v Podbočju
Other Name:Stari Grad (until 1953)
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:Krško
Area Total Km2:1.47
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:6
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8559°N 15.4745°W
Elevation M:319.8
Postal Code:8312
Footnotes:[1]

Stari Grad v Podbočju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈstàːɾi ˈɡɾáːt ʍ pɔdˈbóːtʃju/, German: Oedenschloß[2]) is a settlement south of Podbočje in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Stari Grad to Stari Grad v Podbočju in 1953.[4] In the past it was known as Oedenschloß in German.[2]

Cultural heritage

The site of a 13th-century medieval castle in the settlement was excavated and shown to have been occupied from the Early Iron Age with Hallstatt period and La Tène period occupation levels. Roman artefacts were also found. By 1581 the site of the castle is known from written sources to have been abandoned.[5]

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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. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 72.
  3. http://www.krsko.si Krško municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage