Šentvid pri Zavodnju

Šentvid pri Zavodnju Sveti Vid pri Zavodnju (until 1955)
Šentvid pri Zavodnju Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°26′2.5″N 14°58′30.56″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Šoštanj
Area
• Total	9.31 km^2 (3.59 sq mi)
Elevation	987.6 m (3,240.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	46
[1]

Šentvid pri Zavodnju (pronounced [sɛnˈtʋiːt pɾi ˈzaːʋɔdnju] or [sənˈtʋiːt pɾi ˈzaːʋɔdnju]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Šoštanj in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mozirje Hills (Slovene: Mozirske planine) northwest of the town of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Vid pri Zavodnju (literally, 'Saint Vitus near Zavodnje') to Šentvid pri Zavodnju 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]

History

On 22 February 1944 the Slovene poet and Yugoslav people's hero Karel Destovnik (a.k.a. Kajuh) was killed in fighting with German troops in the hamlet of Žlebnik south of the main settlement. A simple granite block marks the site.[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Šoštanj 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 9619

External links

• Šentvid pri Zavodnju on Geopedia