Official Name: | Zgornja Pristava |
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: | Slovenske Konjice |
Area Total Km2: | 5.85 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 115 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.3397°N 15.4079°W |
Elevation M: | 360.9 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Zgornja Pristava (pronounced as /sl/, in older sources Zgornja Pristova,[2] de|Oberpristova[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in eastern Slovenia. It lies south and west of Slovenske Konjice and its territory extends up to Deer Peak (sl|Jelenov vrh, 924m (3,031feet)) on Mount Konjice (sl|Konjiška gora). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]
The name Zgornja Pristava literally means 'upper manor farm'. The name Pristava comes from the common noun pristava 'manor farm; house with outbuildings and land'. Manor farms were typically found near a manor house or castle and were operated by its servants. Settlements with this name and the semantically equivalent Marof are frequent in Slovenia.[4]
Zgornja Pristava is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Trebnik Manor Mass Grave (sl|Grobišče nad graščino Trebnik) lies on a slope southwest of Slovenske Konjice near an electric power line. It contains the remains of 30 to 40 Slovene civilians from Slovenske Konjice that were murdered in May or June 1945.[5]
The ruins of Konjice Castle lie on the slopes of Mount Konjice south of the settlement. It was an extensive castle built in the 12th century and abandoned in the 18th century.[6]
Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornja Pristave include the following: