Hrastovec, Velenje

Hrastovec
Sveti Bric (until 1955)
Hrastovec

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°23′12.26″N 15°6′49.58″E / 46.3867389°N 15.1137722°ECoordinates: 46°23′12.26″N 15°6′49.58″E / 46.3867389°N 15.1137722°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Velenje
Area
 • Total 1.21 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation 432.4 m (1,418.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 289
[1]

Hrastovec is a settlement in the Municipality of Velenje in northern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Bric (literally, 'Saint Brice') to Hrastovec 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]

Turn Castle

South of the settlement is a 13th-century castle known was Turn Castle (Slovene: Grad Turn). It was greatly rebuilt and remodelled over the centuries, with the last major building phase dating to the 18th century.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Velenje 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. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 4337

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