Šmarjeta pri Celju
| Šmarjeta pri Celju Sveta Marjeta (until 1964) | |
|---|---|
  Šmarjeta pri Celju Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′34.79″N 15°17′9.23″E / 46.2596639°N 15.2858972°ECoordinates: 46°15′34.79″N 15°17′9.23″E / 46.2596639°N 15.2858972°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Celje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 245.6 m (805.8 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 196 |
| [1] | |
Šmarjeta pri Celju (pronounced [ʃmaˈrjeːta pri ˈtsɛːlju]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the Hudinja River in the northern outskirts of Celje. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Marjeta (literally, 'Saint Margaret') to Šmarjeta pri Celju in 1964. 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]
Mass grave
Šmarjeta pri Celju is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. It is part of the 25 mass graves in the Celje area. The Hmezad Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Hmezad) lies about 225 m east of the intersection in the settlement, 125 m east of the bridge across the Hudinja River, where two hop fields are located. The two graves at the site contain the remains of nine German prisoners of war and 10 Russian Cossack prisoners of war, respectively.[6]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Celje municipal site
- ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
- ↑ Hmezad Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
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