Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici
Občina Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici
Municipality

Lake Blaguš in the Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici

Location of the Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici in Slovenia
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici

Location of the settlement of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°34′6″N 16°1′13″E / 46.56833°N 16.02028°E / 46.56833; 16.02028Coordinates: 46°34′6″N 16°1′13″E / 46.56833°N 16.02028°E / 46.56833; 16.02028
Country  Slovenia
Government
 • Mayor Anton Slana
Area
 • Total 51.3 km2 (19.8 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
 • Total 2,883
 • Density 56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti ˈjuːɾii̯ ɔp ˈʃtʃaːu̯nitsa]; German: St. Georgen an der Stainz) is a settlement and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the Ščavnica River in the region known as Prlekija. Traditionally the area was part of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1680 under name Videm (borrowed from Middle High German videme 'church property'—originally, 'property left by the deceased to the church').[3] The settlement was known as Videm ob Ščavnici (literally, 'church property on the Ščavnica River') until 1997. On January 22, 1997 the municipal authorities mistakenly assumed that the name had been changed from a religious name under communist Yugoslavia, and it was changed to match the parish name Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici (literally, 'Saint George on the Ščavnica River').[4][5][6]

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: Sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It dates to the 13th century with numerous rebuildings, adaptations, and renovations over the following centuries.[7]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in the settlement or Municipality of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici municipal site
  3. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 454.
  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 962
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