Sveti Florijan Explained

Official Name:Sveti Florijan
Other Name:Stojno selo (1948–1993)
Settlement Type:Village
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Rogaška Slatina
Area Total Km2:5.35
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:359
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2611°N 15.6758°W
Elevation M:316.1
Footnotes:[1]

Sveti Florijan (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈsʋeːti flɔɾiˈjan/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Florijan pri Rogatcu (literally, 'Saint Florian near Rogatec') to Stojno Selo (Slovenian: Stojno selo) in 1948. 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. The name Sveti Florijan was restored in 1993.[3] [4] [5]

Church

The parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Florian. It was built in 1658 and is known as the Parish of Sveti Florijan ob Boču, referring to its proximity to Mount Boč northwest of the settlement.[6]

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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.rogaska-slatina.si Rogaška Slatina municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. 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.
  5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage