Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu

Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu
Sveti Lenart (until 1955)
Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°18′15.37″N 14°47′0.94″E / 46.3042694°N 14.7835944°E / 46.3042694; 14.7835944Coordinates: 46°18′15.37″N 14°47′0.94″E / 46.3042694°N 14.7835944°E / 46.3042694; 14.7835944
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Gornji Grad
Area
 • Total 13.58 km2 (5.24 sq mi)
Elevation 509.1 m (1,670.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 142
[1]

Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu (pronounced [ˈleːnaɾt pɾi ˈɡoːɾnjɛm ˈɡɾaːdu]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills northwest of Gornji Grad in Slovenia. Traditionally the area belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lenart (literally, 'Saint Leonard') to Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu (literally, 'Leonard near Gornji Grad') 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 local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is built on a hill in the western part of the settlement. It is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Gornji Grad. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1426. It has a rectangular nave with a narrower and lower sanctuary and a southern belfry.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Gornji Grad 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 2995


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