Loška Gora pri Zrečah

Loška Gora pri Zrečah
Loška Gora (until 1998)
Loška Gora pri Zrečah

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°23′40.21″N 15°21′44.27″E / 46.3945028°N 15.3622972°E / 46.3945028; 15.3622972Coordinates: 46°23′40.21″N 15°21′44.27″E / 46.3945028°N 15.3622972°E / 46.3945028; 15.3622972
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Zreče
Area
 • Total 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation 714 m (2,343 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 161
Climate Cfb
[1]

Loška Gora pri Zrečah (pronounced [ˈloːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa pɾi ˈzɾeːtʃax]) is a settlement above the right banks of the Dravinja River in the Municipality of Zreče in northeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

Until 1998, the name of the village was simply Loška Gora.[3] The settlement was attested in 1279 as Luchsperch and the name is derived from the common noun log 'wooded low-lying meadow; woods'.[4] The name therefore literally means 'wooded mountain', and the epithet pri Zrečah 'near Zreče' distinguishes it from other settlements with the same name.

Castle

Remains of a 13th-century castle known as Lušperk Castle, also referred to as Loški grad, can be seen on a hill northwest of the settlement.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Zreče municipal site
  3. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Loška Gora pri Zrečah.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 246.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 10350


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