Jelovice

Jelovice
Sveti Bolfenk v Halozah (until 1955)
Jelovice

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°18′43.41″N 15°45′10.13″E / 46.3120583°N 15.7528139°E / 46.3120583; 15.7528139Coordinates: 46°18′43.41″N 15°45′10.13″E / 46.3120583°N 15.7528139°E / 46.3120583; 15.7528139
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Majšperk
Area
 • Total 5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation 490 m (1,610 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 68
[1]

Jelovice (pronounced [ˈjeːlɔʋitsɛ]) is a settlement in the western Haloze Hills in the Municipality of Majšperk 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.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Bolfenk v Halozah (literally, 'Saint Wolfgang in Haloze') to Jelovice 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 is dedicated to Saint Wolfgang (Slovene: sveti Bolfenk) and belongs to the Parish of Majšperk. It dates to the 14th century.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Majšperk 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 3129


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