Benedikt, Benedikt

Benedikt
Sveti Benedikt v Slovenskih goricah (until 1952),
Benedikt v Slovenskih goricah (until 2003)
Benedikt

Location of Benedikt in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°36′23.23″N 15°53′2.99″E / 46.6064528°N 15.8841639°ECoordinates: 46°36′23.23″N 15°53′2.99″E / 46.6064528°N 15.8841639°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Benedikt
Elevation[1] 253 m (830 ft)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Total 995
 • Density 167/km2 (430/sq mi)

Benedikt (pronounced [bɛnɛˈdiːkt]) is the central settlement in the Municipality of Benedikt in northeastern Slovenia. Before 1998, it was part of the Municipality of Lenart. It lies in the Slovene Hills (Slovene: Slovenske gorice). The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Benedikt v Slovenskih Goricah (literally, 'Saint Benedict in the Slovene Hills') to Benedikt v Slovenskih Goricah (Benedikt v Slovenskih goricah; literally, 'Benedict in the Slovene Hills') in 1952. 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.[4][5][6] In 2003, it was changed simply to Benedikt.[7]

Church

The local parish church from which the village gets its name is dedicated to Saint Benedict and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is originally a Gothic church dating to the second quarter of the 14th century. It was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Nadmorska višina naselij, kjer so sedeži občin" [Height above sea level of seats of municipalities] (in Slovene and English). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2002.
  2. ↑ "Benedikt v ovec, Bovec". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Benedikt municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  7. ↑ "Benedikt". Geostatistični portal: Krajevna imena [Geostatistical Portal: Place Names] (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  8. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1068

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