Gore, Hrastnik

Gore Sveti Jurij ob Turju (until 1955), Sankt Georgen (until 1919)
Village with Saint George's Church
Gore Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°6′56.55″N 15°8′24.41″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Central Sava
Municipality	Hrastnik
Area
• Total	6.64 km^2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation	742.6 m (2,436.4 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	101
[1]

Gore (pronounced [ˈɡɔːɾɛ], German: Sankt Georgen[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Hrastnik in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Jurij ob Turju (literally, 'Saint George next to Turje') to Gore (literally, 'mountains') 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.[4][5][6]

Church

Saint George's Church in Gore

The local church is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Parish of Hrastnik. It dates to the early 16th century.[7]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 56.
3. Hrastnik municipal site
4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
5. 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.
6. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2947

External links

• Gore on Geopedia