Turje, Hrastnik Explained

Official Name:Turje
Other Name:Sveti Štefan (until 1955)
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:Central Sava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Hrastnik
Area Total Km2:5
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:273
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1302°N 15.151°W
Elevation M:567.4
Postal Code:1431
Footnotes:[1]

Turje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtuːɾjɛ/) is a settlement in the hills southeast of Dol in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Štefan (literally, 'Saint Stephen') to Turje 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]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Parish of Dol pri Hrastniku.[6]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Turje include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.hrastnik.si Hrastnik 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