Radegunda, Mozirje

Radegunda Sveta Radegunda (until 1955)
Radegunda Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′24.54″N 14°55′54.9″E / 46.3568167°N 14.931917°ECoordinates: 46°21′24.54″N 14°55′54.9″E / 46.3568167°N 14.931917°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Mozirje
Area
• Total	10.04 km^2 (3.88 sq mi)
Elevation	498.6 m (1,635.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	287
[1]

Radegunda (pronounced [ɾadɛˈɡuːnda]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Mozirje in northern Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Radegunda (literally, 'Saint Radegund') to Radegunda (literally, 'Radegund') 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 dedicated to Saint Radegund and belongs to the Parish of Šmihel nad Mozirjem. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1241. Much of the current building dates to a 1903 major rebuilding of the church.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Mozirje 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 3178

External links

• Radegunda at Geopedia