Nadgrad

Nadgrad
Nadgrad is located in Slovenia
Nadgrad
Nadgrad
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°25′17.82″N 15°27′5.7″E / 46.4216167°N 15.451583°E / 46.4216167; 15.451583
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyra
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalitySlovenska Bistrica
Area
 • Total
1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation
851.4 m (2,793.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
59
[1]

Nadgrad (pronounced [nadˈɡɾaːt] or [ˈnaːdɡɾat], in older sources also Nad Gradom,[2] German: Oberschlossberg[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The settlement's name in Slovene is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, and it means 'above the castle'. This refers to a 12th-century castle known as Zajčji grad, the ruins of which can still be seen on a hill south of the settlement.[4] The name contrasts with that of neighboring Podgrad (literally, 'below the castle'), which stands about 180 meters (590 ft) lower in elevation.

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 49.
  3. ^ Slovenska Bistrica municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 6888


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