Turje, Hrastnik

Turje
Sveti Štefan (until 1955)

Village of Turje with Saint Stephen's Church
Turje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°7′48.65″N 15°9′3.68″E / 46.1301806°N 15.1510222°E / 46.1301806; 15.1510222Coordinates: 46°7′48.65″N 15°9′3.68″E / 46.1301806°N 15.1510222°E / 46.1301806; 15.1510222
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Central Sava
Municipality Hrastnik
Area
 • Total 5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation 567.4 m (1,861.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 273
[1]

Turje (pronounced [ˈtuːɾjɛ]) is a settlement in the hills southeast of Dol in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Styria region. 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:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2946


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