Official Name: | Sveti Primož nad Muto |
Other Name: | Podlipje (1955–1994) |
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: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Muta |
Area Total Km2: | 8.28 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 304 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.6271°N 15.1621°W |
Elevation M: | 651.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Sveti Primož nad Muto (pronounced as /sl/) is a dispersed settlement in the hills immediately north of Muta in the historical Styria region in northern Slovenia.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Primož nad Muto (literally, 'Saint Primus above Muta') to Podlipje (literally, 'below the linden trees') in 1955. 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.[3] [4] [5] The name Sveti Primož nad Muto was restored in 1994.[6]
The local church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1425. The nave is Romanesque with a Gothic sanctuary and a 19th-century belfry. It belongs to the Parish of Muta.[7]